Essay guidelines in Fine Arts Survey

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These are mandatory parts of the essay style that Fine Arts Survey emphasizes. It is to be a skill used over a lifetime.

- Clever title. Takes some work but it is worth the trouble.
- Vivid opening. Find the juiciest piece of your material and open with that.
- According to. Use of a phrase like "accord to" is called informal documentation and is a lifetime skill in speaking as well as writing. Place it in the first para but Not as your opening phrase.
- Comparison words such as "but," "on the other hand," "likewise," "nonetheless," "similarly," etc.
- Tiles of paintings and sculptures are underlined. Titles are not encased in quotation marks, as I have wrongly instructed you.
- Do not allow yourself the generalities that are the widely-used complimentary terms of the day. "Awesome," "unique," fabulous," even "lovely:" these are to be avoided. If a credible source has positive things to say, you may quote them. Otherwise, please stick to dispassionate description.