Cornell Notes: Essay Writing

(You need a separate sheet of paper for these Cornell Notes)

Title Same size font as your paper (no bold)

Centered

No underlined titles

Should reflect the content of your essay

"Sound of Thunder"

Books =italics; short stories = quotes

Name Name

Period

Date

Upper left-hand corner

Prompt Read the prompt carefully; make sure you answer

the prompt.

Time travel can be hazardous; for instance,

In "The Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, Eckels

stepped on a butterfly, which, in turn, changed

Documentation MLA = last name of author followed by page number

Font Times New Roman 12 pt. font

HDYK "How do you know?" I put this in when you

have made a sweeping generalization.

Avoid generalizations.

All people, at one time or another, have wished

they could travel through time.

Sentence Structure Fragments: incomplete thoughts

"When the expedition arrived."

Comma Splice: two complete thoughts joined by

a comma

Sunday was cool, it was a good day for running.

Run on sentence: two complete thoughts without

any kind of connection.

Sunday was cool it was a good day for running.

Don’t let a comma break the thought of your sentence

up.

: signifies a list or an example. =

Callie likes to do the following: reading, volunteering,

and hanging out with friends.

Thing Get rid of it.