Some things to keep in mind Italics Italicize titles of novels plays and textbooks Example Some of us will read Divergent for a literature circle novel Quotation Marks Use quotation marks for titles of short stories poems and articles ID: 595213
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Formal Writing
Some things to keep in mindSlide2
Italics
Italicize titles of novels, plays and textbooks
Example: Some of us will read
Divergent
for a literature circle novel.Slide3
“Quotation Marks”
Use quotation marks for titles of short stories, poems and articles
Example: We will read the story “Once Upon a Time.”Slide4
Present tense
Use present tense
consistently throughout your writing (for story, novel or play events
)
Example: Prometheus steals fire from Mount Olympus, against Zeus’s will.Slide5
Point of view
Use
third-person (do not use “I”, “me”, “we”, “us”, “you”)
Example: Prometheus is rebellious when he steals fire from the gods.
Instead of
I think Prometheus is rebellious when he steals fire from the gods.Slide6
No brackets
Avoid
using parentheses (brackets
)
Example: Prometheus, a Titan, steals fire from the gods to benefit humans.
Instead of
Prometheus (a Titan) steals fire from the gods to benefit humans.Slide7
One or two
Spell
out numbers written in one or two words
Zeus’s
two
henchmen, Force and Violence, freed Prometheus from the mountain.
instead of
Zeus’s 2 henchmen…Slide8
Avoid this!
Don’t use contractions
such as won’t, can’t, would’ve, he’d, she’d, she’s, hadn’t
Use the full form of these words: will not, can not, would have, he would, she would, she is, had notSlide9
That’s like awesome!
Avoid slang and controversial language
Example: Prometheus is just such a cool Titan because he really like stomped on Zeus when he stole that fire from Mt. Olympus.Slide10
Avoid exclamation marks!!!!
Exclamation marks indicate emotion: too much emotion takes away from a formal writing tone
Avoid: Zeus was so angry with Prometheus! He had him chained to a rock! And then he had some vultures come and eat his liver!
Instead…
Because Zeus was angry with Prometheus he had him chained to a rock while vultures ate his liver.