Most Common Errors - Portfolio pitfalls:
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Typos (see below)
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Incorrect citation in the biographies
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Incorrect format for bibliography pages
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Not using two sources per biography
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No (or incomplete) definitions of poetic forms on pages of original poetry
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Disorganized source folder
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Missing elements/sections
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Poems that do not fit the topic as described in the preface
Sometimes typos and grammar errors have amusing results (as long as it isn't YOUR grade):
Poem about the ocean titled:
“The Pounding Serf” with the error repeated throughout the poem
The irony of a disorganized portfolio’s table of contents title:
“Table of Context”
About pacing, in reflection:
“I really got slow going, then I picked up my paste”
Contradictory? :
“I’m not sure that I did a good job, but I know I did a fantastic job”
Spellbinding imagery:
“…night is a sad time of day”
“When I was younger I was an insect and an animal magnet”
“…adrenaline pumping through my vines”
And my personal favorite:
“…it screams serenity”
And, how many times can you confuse "there, they're and their" in one short poem?
HAIKU:
Their in the sky
Flying with there flock of birds
There going to there home
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