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ObjectiveAssignmentsHW MonDevelop a cause-and- effect essay Check outlines Quotes, summarization, and citation Develop essay 1 st draft due to turnitin.com by Monday, 4/28 TuesDevelop a cause-and- effect essay Computer Lab1 st draft due to turnitin.com by Monday, 4/28 WedDevelop a cause-and- effect essay Computer Lab1 st draft due to turnitin.com by Monday, 4/28 1 st draft due to turnitin.com by ThursWrite PoetryGuest Presenter: Jasper Henderson1 st draft due to turnitin.com by Monday, 4/28 FriWrite PoetryGuest Presenter: Jasper Henderson1 st draft due to turnitin.com by Monday, 4/28

How to Write a Killer Thesis

A statement that can be proven through evidence. An opinion A mini-outline of your paper

Topicopinionthesis applesgross Apples are gross example

The first part states the main argument Apples are gross The second parts sets up the evidence This is called a planning statement Apples are gross because they are often bland, mealy, and bruised.

About the plague: The plague was a major fear for people of the Elizabethan era because it had wiped out many populations, contracting it led to a horrible death, and healthcare at the time offered little hope for a remedy. About your essay: The difficulty of life in Elizabethan England led to the popularity of theater, where people could escape from disease and suffering into an exotic world of glamour, drama, and fantasy.

Ideas for a “hook” (first sentence) An image Dirt-covered streets, sewage flowing down the sides; the sounds of horse-hooves; the stench of unbathed people—this was daily life in Elizabethan England. An idea When most people think of Elizabethan England, they think of queens, castles, luxurious gowns. The reality of the time was that it was challenging and probably unpleasant.

“Context” A little bit about the situation People were uneducated. Travel was unusual and for the wealthy. Work was hard. Sickness was rampant. The years were the 1500s. The era is named after Queen Elizabeth I. Theater was a something people could look forward to. Last 1-2 sentences of the intro are your thesis

Conclusion Sums up ideas Restate thesis in different words Reiterate main points Life was challenging for many reasons: the plague, poor healthcare, the low status of women, lack of education, and difficult family relationships. Drama and comedy were escapes that people could look forward to. The theater helped people forget about their problems.

Final Sentence(s) Leaves readers with something to think about Final sentence looks beyond essay May say something about the world/society May look into future Unfortunately, theater is not as popular today as it was then, but Shakespeare is still studied by students around the world. Life today is much more entertaining, but people still like to escape into movies and television. It is a good thing that relationships between men and women, and children and parents, are better now than they were then.

Preventing Plagiarism

You probably won’t use many quotes You may use quotes from the Giblin article You may use quotes from the play If you introduce the quote with a complete sentence, use a colon at the end of the sentence. Capulet threatens to hit Juliet: “My fingers itch” (Shakespeare). If you introduce the quote with a phrase (fragment), use a comma. When Capulet threatens Juliet, he says, “My fingers itch” (Shakespeare).

Even when you summarize or paraphrase If all info in a paragraph comes from the same source, cite the source once, at the end of the paragraph, or after the last summarized info. If you use different source, identify the source of each piece of info after you present it.

Example 1: Parenthetical (citation in parentheses, not in the sentence) Costumes in the plays were extravagant, and often donated by wealthy people (Fishman). The word “bubonic” comes from “buboes,” meaning swollen lymph nodes (Giblin). Even the nurse in Romeo and Juliet lost an infant, named Susan (Shakespeare). Shakespeare himself lost a son to the plague, Hamnet (William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama). The Globe was an open-air theater ("The Shakespearean Theater").

Example 2: Citing within the sentence In her lecture on “Life in Elizabethan England,” Carrie Fishman stated… In the article “The Black Death,” James Giblin writes… In the drama Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare writes… The article “The Shakespearean Theater” describes… The documentary William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama discusses…

The title of the source The author of the source James Giblin wrote an article on the plague called “The Black Death.”

Refer to all your sources in the present tense, but talk about history in the past tense. In “The Black Death,” James Giblin writes that the plague was a terrible disease. When Capulet threatens to hit Juliet, it shows that times back then were very difficult for children (Shakespeare).

No I No YOU I will destroy YOU if I catch YOU doing this Use “one,” “someone,” “a person,” or “people” Remember that “one” and “someone” are singular (can’t use “their” to refer to them—must use “his” or “her” or “his or her.” ) One must always watch his pronouns. People must check their pronouns. A person must check her pronouns.