Macbeth Essay It’s not that scary . . .

Working on the Outline

Find your support Use your question sheet to locate passages that talk about your topic. Use your Macbeth handout to find particular scenes or to look up quotes you had previously written down.

The Guidelines Essay Format (by paragraph) Introduction and Thesis statement Reason 1 and quote support (quotes and explanations) Reason 2 and quote support (quotes and explanations) Reason 3 and quote support (quotes and explanations) Restatement and concluding thought (what lesson can the reader take away from this paper?)

Reminder This is NOT an observation paper. You are not telling the reader what you SEE. Take what you see and analyze it. Ask yourself, “Why is this important? What is it doing?”

Working on the Thesis Your thesis must provide context. Include the author’s name and the work’s title in a phrase Your thesis must focus on an element within the work (in this case, the theme) Your thesis must use the active voice Your thesis must make a positive statement about something that you must prove

Positive statement (using active voice) that you must prove Example Thesis Context: author and title Within Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo, plot development showcases the theme of human justice. Positive statement (using active voice) that you must prove Element of focus (theme)

Honors class must add a third “Support” to each “Reason” Working on the Outline Thesis statement I. Reason 1 II. Reason 2 III. Reason 3 Restatement Reason 1 First support Quote Explanation Second support Honors class must add a third “Support” to each “Reason”

Example Outline Thesis statement: Within Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo, plot development showcases the theme of human justice. I. Edmond is falsely accused and imprisoned. II. Edmond uses his time in prison to plan his revenge. III. Edmond finds and punishes those who had ruined his life. Restatement: Human justice intertwines itself as a major theme within the plot of Dumas’s Count of Monte Cristo.

Quoting Text from a Play Use line numbers instead of page numbers. Example: “quoted text” (1.3.5-7). Use / and capital letters to signal line breaks in verse forms. …Macbeth’s nature as “too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest way” (1.5.15-16). (Use regular quoting methods for prose {text in paragraph form}) What’s the difference between verse and prose? http://classes.midlandstech.edu/derrickc/verse_and_prose_in_shakespear e.htm See http://drmarkwomack.com/mla-style/how-to-quote/quote- shakespeare/ for details

Reference Entry Format Picture taken from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/

The Guidelines Looks 12 point font Times New Roman Double spaced Title Work cited entry at the end of last page Line numbers used within in-text citations Example: “quoted text” (1.3.5-7).

Outline due Tuesday night (11/24) at 9:59pm. Turn-It-In Outline due Tuesday night (11/24) at 9:59pm.

Rubric

Writing the Intro and Conclusion

The Introduction Funnel format Opening sentence grabs reader’s attention and identifies your topic (which is not your author or work but the element in your work that you are analyzing). You continue to get more specifically focused on your paper’s thesis with each sentence, using each sentence to add one more level of specificity. Your last sentence will be your thesis statement.

The Introduction Example First sentence – something thoughtful about the topic of guilt 2nd – guilt can affect people in many ways 3rd – literature often shows guilt’s detrimental affects 4th - thesis about Shakespeare’s Macbeth (specific literary work) showing effects of guilt. *I add one new aspect (underlined) in each sentence while building on what I previously said. *Intro paragraph should be 3-5 well-controlled sentences.

The Conclusion Inverse (flipped) Funnel format 1st sentence = restated thesis (different words but same idea) 2nd – 4th sentences = considering your paper topic on a broader level that can apply to anyone If you were on the topic of guilt, you could focus on its harmful affects and lasting nature. Therefore, people should be careful of their words and actions to avoid becoming guilty in the first place.

Final paper due Friday night (12/11) by 9:59pm. Turn-It-In Final paper due Friday night (12/11) by 9:59pm. 5-paragraph structure Intro and conclusion added Changes made in argument and in grammar/punctuation Reference entry in correct format at the bottom of your last essay page