Hopefully, you got your 4.10 on the 4.10. If you didn't, get it by getting it in. Remember that the pre-draft draft should be hand-written, and your first draft (Predraft) is due, typed, on Friday. That gives you two days to work on it. Make sure your typed copy has the following:
* thesis statement
* outline (remember that your outline can be a pre or a post; as long as you have an outline
* MLA format
> double-space
> Times New Romans 12 pt
> 1" margins
> parenthetical citations
* works cited page
* page/number formatted correctly
THESIS STATEMENTS
I taught you today that your thesis statement should have 3 sections: a Limited topic, an Assertion and Support. For example:
In Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," the rhetorical device of antithesis (LIMITED TOPIC) reveals the wider structure of opposition in the play (ASSERTION), especially as seen in the statements of opposition spoken by the three witches and Macbeth's power-hungry wife, Lady Macbeth (SUPPORT).
If I were writing this paper, it would follow the structure presented here in the thesis statement.
Here are examples of statements that ARE NOT thesis statements as defined by the above definition:
1) Shakespeare's play, Macbeth has an amazing amount of symbolism in it.
2) After Macbeth murders Duncan, he shows a decrease of hesitation to kill others.
3) Antithesis is a rhetorical device that shows up a lot in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
What's wrong with all of these? Well, for starters, they're tautological--they each say that they're going to say something, but never really say what that something is. This is similar to the guy who says, "Hey, I'd like to introduce you to my brother, Tim. He's a batchelor, and, oh, by the way, he's also not married."
Rather than telling me that Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, contains symbolism, assert that the two most important symbols derive their importance by their impact on the play.
It's very much like this: Think of a baseball. To tell me that baseballs exist in a neighborhood is fine, but this tells me nothing about the baseball's impact on the window of a house. I don't need a simple interpretation or description of the symbol; I want to see the application of that symbol to play. Those of you who are choosing the third "all-star" prompt, keep in mind that I warned you of this prompt's level of difficulty!
* thesis statement
* outline (remember that your outline can be a pre or a post; as long as you have an outline
* MLA format
> double-space
> Times New Romans 12 pt
> 1" margins
> parenthetical citations
* works cited page
* page/number formatted correctly
THESIS STATEMENTS
I taught you today that your thesis statement should have 3 sections: a Limited topic, an Assertion and Support. For example:
In Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," the rhetorical device of antithesis (LIMITED TOPIC) reveals the wider structure of opposition in the play (ASSERTION), especially as seen in the statements of opposition spoken by the three witches and Macbeth's power-hungry wife, Lady Macbeth (SUPPORT).
If I were writing this paper, it would follow the structure presented here in the thesis statement.
Here are examples of statements that ARE NOT thesis statements as defined by the above definition:
1) Shakespeare's play, Macbeth has an amazing amount of symbolism in it.
2) After Macbeth murders Duncan, he shows a decrease of hesitation to kill others.
3) Antithesis is a rhetorical device that shows up a lot in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
What's wrong with all of these? Well, for starters, they're tautological--they each say that they're going to say something, but never really say what that something is. This is similar to the guy who says, "Hey, I'd like to introduce you to my brother, Tim. He's a batchelor, and, oh, by the way, he's also not married."
Rather than telling me that Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, contains symbolism, assert that the two most important symbols derive their importance by their impact on the play.
It's very much like this: Think of a baseball. To tell me that baseballs exist in a neighborhood is fine, but this tells me nothing about the baseball's impact on the window of a house. I don't need a simple interpretation or description of the symbol; I want to see the application of that symbol to play. Those of you who are choosing the third "all-star" prompt, keep in mind that I warned you of this prompt's level of difficulty!
HOMEWORK
wednesday night - read Chapters 1 & 2 in your book - pages 29-39
vocabulary sentences for list 9 due tomorrow
for friday - Rough draft (Predraft) due, typed (see above for requirements)
benchmark test on Friday
vocabulary quiz on Friday
vocabulary sentences for list 9 due tomorrow
for friday - Rough draft (Predraft) due, typed (see above for requirements)
benchmark test on Friday
vocabulary quiz on Friday