Your paragraphs on how Edgar Allan Poe creates mood in his short story "The Telltale Heart" is due on Monday. Today, we discussed the theme of the story and how to incorporate quotations into literary compositions. When you proofread your paragraphs, be sure to do the following:
1. Read your paragraph out loud to check for word omissions and proper tense useage.
2. Check your punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
3. Correct any contractions. For example, separate "doesn't" to "does not", "he's" to "he is", etc. Contractions are informal, and literary compositions need to be formal.
