{"id":454,"date":"2017-10-20T16:09:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-americanlit2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=454"},"modified":"2017-11-20T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:51:39","slug":"page-one-in-an-essay-abounds-in-pitfalls-for-errors","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-mythology\/chapter\/page-one-in-an-essay-abounds-in-pitfalls-for-errors\/","title":{"raw":"Page One in an Essay Abounds in Pitfalls for Errors","rendered":"Page One in an Essay Abounds in Pitfalls for Errors"},"content":{"raw":"So that we all avoid any issues, here are the most common page one problems in order of appearance:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Pagination appears in a header and is in the same font as the rest of the essay.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Titles get centered but have no extra spaces above\/below.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the heading, don't have Essay 1 listed.\u00a0 Also avoid having Essay 1 as the title.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Avoid assuming audiences don't know what rhetoric or irony are.\u00a0 Only define terms you believe they may not know or whose wording is important to set forward and use.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make sure the first body paragraph features a topic sentence (somewhere . . . but usually first) that relates directly to the proving of your claim.\u00a0 Too often, we begin with the first \"thing\" of interest in the chapter or summarize the chapter in ways that don't obviously further the thesis' proving.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Articles\u00a0or essays are not novels or stories, so don't misidentify the title, misspell the author's (or my) name, or neglect to indicate which topic you're analyzing.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Why it matters is called <em>exigency<\/em> in writing.\u00a0 Convey some sense of why it matters that we understand your thesis.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>So that we all avoid any issues, here are the most common page one problems in order of appearance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pagination appears in a header and is in the same font as the rest of the essay.<\/li>\n<li>Titles get centered but have no extra spaces above\/below.<\/li>\n<li>In the heading, don&#8217;t have Essay 1 listed.\u00a0 Also avoid having Essay 1 as the title.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid assuming audiences don&#8217;t know what rhetoric or irony are.\u00a0 Only define terms you believe they may not know or whose wording is important to set forward and use.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the first body paragraph features a topic sentence (somewhere . . . but usually first) that relates directly to the proving of your claim.\u00a0 Too often, we begin with the first &#8220;thing&#8221; 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