The list of errors and strengths that frequently are displayed in student true narrative compositions follow. Familiarize yourself with this checklist in order to assist you in composing your essay.
AREAS TO IMPROVE UPON:
- Purple Prose (overuse of description). The sentence or concept appears too complex/overstated.
- Point of View Shift. You have switched the narrative voice in your composition.
- Detail is lacking. There is insufficient detail to prosper your story adequately.
- Parallel Construction. Parallel structure is repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
- Redundancy. The concept or perspective has been expressed previously. Redundancy occurs when words or data is used that could be omitted without loss of meaning or function; repetition or superfluity of information.
- Syntax problem. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. Your sentence reflects faulty word arrangement.
- Sentence Fragment. Your expressed thought does not formulate a complete sentence.
- Subject/Verb Agreement. The subject or noun expressed in the sentence does not agree with the verb tense.
- Dangling Construction. A modifier does exactly what it sounds like: it changes, alters, limits, or adds more information to something else in the sentence. A modifier is considered dangling when the sentence isn’t clear about what is being modified.
- Comma Splice. A comma splice occurs when a comma separates two complete sentences. Comma splices are one of the three serious “sentence-boundary” errors.
- Run on Sentence. A run-on is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.
- The narrative requires further exposition development.
13. The narrative lacks a clearly define conflict.
14. The climax is undramatic making your narrative appear irrelevant
15. The denouement is lacking.
16. MLA standards are not applied.
STRENGTHS:
- Your protagonist is memorably developed.
- Rich detail.
- Freytag’s Pyramid clearly applied.
- The writer’s voice is skillfully expressed.
- Symbolism/Metaphorical Expression is evident.
- Effective use of dialogue advances the plot.
- The composition is fluently written with few grammatical errors.
- A powerfully original story.
- Your expressed theme is meaningfully embedded.