Romeo and Juliet Day 20

Agenda – Feb 22 Review Comparative Analysis Prompt Complete Prewriting Strategies on Comparative Analysis Prompt Read and Annotate Harvard College Writing Article Handback Sonnet Comparison Essays Thesis Writing Time HW: Finish Thesis Chart Sonnet Comparison Essays on Trends in Essay Scoring Chart

Learning Targets I will be able to: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms “source” material by comparing and contrasting my book club text to Romeo and Juliet. Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task and purpose by using pre-planning strategies. Appreciate how literature contributes to and shapes culture and our understanding of culture.

Romeo and Juliet Comparative Analysis Essay In Romeo and Juliet, we find a characterization of love that has lasted more than four hundred years. Its images and quotes haunt us and its influences can be felt, seen, and heard in numerous romantic relationships characterized throughout literature written since its creation. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet with your book club text. Be sure to address literary techniques that demonstrate the theme of each text. Things to Consider: How does Romeo and Juliet define the nature of romantic love and desire? What warnings or promises about love does the text offer us? To what extent does Romeo and Juliet continue to influence our modern concepts of love and desire as seen in your book club text?       

How to Write a Comparative Analysis: Tips from Harvard College Read the document. Annotate the text: identify key ideas; ask questions.

In your small group, discuss the reading. What is frame of reference and what might yours be? What is a grounds for comparison and what might you use as yours? How might you organize your essay? What diction might aid your comparative analysis?

Romeo and Juliet Comparative Analysis Essay In Romeo and Juliet, we find a characterization of love that has lasted more than four hundred years. Its images and quotes haunt us and its influences can be felt, seen, and heard in numerous romantic relationships characterized throughout literature written since its creation. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet with your book club text. Be sure to address literary techniques that demonstrate the theme of each text. Things to Consider: How does Romeo and Juliet define the nature of romantic love and desire? What warnings or promises about love does the text offer us? To what extent does Romeo and Juliet continue to influence our modern concepts of love and desire as seen in your book club text?       

Literary Analysis: Thesis Statements Connect how the author writes with why the author writes: techniques (use of literary elements) with theme (the ultimate “why”). Since this is a comparative analysis, show how the two works relate to one another. Do they extend, corroborate, complicate, contradict, correct, or debate one another? Include authors and titles. Style: Use present tense. Avoid using personal pronouns. Use academic voice. Be concise and articulate. Use active verbs and be specific rather than general. Choose to prove something that is not obvious, something that requires proof. Make sure that the text can prove it. Remember to avoid clichés when addressing theme.

Connecting to theme What is theme? “The theme of a piece of fiction is it’s controlling idea or its central insight. It is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied by the story. To derive the theme of a story, we must determine what its central purpose is: what view of life it supports or what insight into life it reveals.”

Evidence: Textual Support Find multiple quotes (at least three) from the text that demonstrate your thesis. Lead into the quote. Norris writes, “Barry stood there, illuminated in its (the sun’s) golden warmth for a whole minute knowing it would soon be gone.” When Barry speaks to his father, “….” And/or lead out of the quote. Barry says, “…,” when he talks to his dad.

MLA In-text Citations NOTICE WHERE THE PUNCTUATION GOES. BLEND YOUR QUOTES, DO NOT DROP THEM. That is, lead in and lead out of your quotes with your commentary or thought. In other words, introduce your quotes. Freud states that "a dream is the fulfillment of a wish" (154). According to some, dreams express "profound aspects of personality" (184), though others disagree. Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality?" (184). Refer to the handout in the All Quiet folder for further help.