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East Georgia State College
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ENGL 2111 | World Literature I
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2023
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Self or Peer Checklist for Outliers Research Essay: Name ________________________________ Introduction: ______ Essay introduces Malcolm Gladwell and the book, Outliers. _______Title is italicized or underlined; not in quotation marks! _______ Essay offers an explanation of what an “outlier” is. _______ Essay introduces (briefly) person to be presented and of what area of success he/she is known. First body paragraph: ______ Paragraph presents an adequate picture of when/where subject was born and/or raised as well as how person got start or big breaks in his/her area of success. ______ Researched materials are quoted or paraphrased with proper parenthetical citation. Example of a quote from research: “Stanley Manley was the first person from his state to earn the rank of five star general” (“ Manley, Stanley (1946-)” Para 2). My works cited citation for this work will start “Manley, Stanley (1946-).” See how it matches?? Additional paragraphs: _______ Each additional paragraph centers on a main point of comparison between subject and Gladwell’s theories in Outliers. _______ Gladwell’s ideas as well as researched information on subject is properly cited. Example of paraphrase from Outliers: The 10,000 hour rule basically states that in order for an individual to reach expert status, he or she has to practice or work in the area for a minimum of 10,000 hours (Gladwell 39-40). ________ Each paragraph paints a complete picture of how the subject matches or does not match Gladwell’s theories. Conclusion: ________ Conclusion revisits main points of comparison. ________ Conclusion revisits (but doesn’t repeat word for word) assertion from thesis statement. ________ Conclusion makes a broader observation about Gladwell’s theories in Outliers and/or the most important defining factor in the subject’s success. Style: _______Essay avoids using first or second person pronouns unless it is very purposeful (comparing a personal experience you had to the subject, for example) _______ Essay has transitional phrases, imbedded hooks, or transitional words in order to establish effective flow from one point to another. ________ Essay avoids vague diction choices like “things” or “this” _________ Essay avoids pronoun confusion by clearly using full name of person (or last name) at the start of each paragraph. ________ Essay refers to subject or Malcolm Gladwell by full name or last name only. Never refer to a real person by just his or her first name in a formal essay! ________ Essay avoids repetitive language or sentence starters. Grammar: _________ Essay has been proofed and spell-checked. _________ Essay avoids comma-splice run-on sentences. Each independent clause must be separated by a period, a conjunction or a semi-colon, NOT a comma. The dog got out again; we chased it for two hours. Not: The dog got out again, we chased it for two hours. (Grammar check should underline these instances in green!) _________ Essay utilizes apostrophes appropriately. Plurals do not need apostrophes; possession does!

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