Turn in your Critical Paper here by Friday, August 4 at 11:59 P.M. Graded out of

Turn in your Critical Paper here by Friday, August 4 at 11:59 P.M. Graded out of 50 points.
Do NOT plagiarize, i.e., do not use someone else’s words or ideas without proper attribution or citation. You will receive a 0 for plagiarism.I would suggest drafting your paper before submitting it officially. You do NOT need to submit your answers to these questions. This is just for your OWN benefit, to submit the best possible paper to me.
Before you finally submit your Critical or Term Paper…
• Read through your draft. As you read, place a question mark next to any part of the paper that is unclear to you, that you don’t understand, or that you would ask yourself about.
• Underline your own thesis statement. Can you understand what you are arguing, what your basic position is?
• Find and underline the main point of each body paragraph. Are your paragraphs organized around one main idea? If not, how could they be refocused?
• Ask yourself: Have you used sufficient evidence to support your argument? Would any of your points benefit from additional evidence, or different support, or more effective explanation?
• Are there aspects of the directions/prompt that you failed to address?
• What questions, if any, does your paper leave unresolved? Does the paper seem to be missing anything? If you were reading this for yourself, what do you want to know more about?
• What is the biggest strength of your draft?
• What are the most important things you could do to improve your paper before submitting the final version?