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Macbeth Character Essay

Macbeth Character Essay. Checklist. Font (4). easy to read font size 12. Pagination (4). upper right corner last name & page # on each page except pg. 1. McCloud 2. Spacing (4). double spaced from name ↓ to last line of essay. John Smith Mrs. McCloud

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Macbeth Character Essay

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  1. MacbethCharacter Essay Checklist

  2. Font (4) • easy to read font • size 12

  3. Pagination (4) • upper right corner • last name & page # on each page • except pg. 1 McCloud 2

  4. Spacing (4) • double spaced • from name ↓ • to last line of essay John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Death Vader: Allegory Analysis in “The Masque of the Red Death” In the world today and in the past, humans have obsessed over the fear of death. People go through many methods to block…

  5. Header (4) TOP LEFT → FIRST PAGE • First Last Name • Instructor’s Name • Course, Period • Date • formal structure • no abbreviations John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 3 April 23, 2019

  6. Title (4) center title below heading John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm  Allegory in Animal Farm John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019

  7. Title (4) • NObold • NOunderlining • NOitalicizing • NO“quotation marks” • NOall CAPS only title of literary work

  8. Title—Capitalization Rules • Capital Letters • first letters of principal words • first/last word • first word after colon • lowercase • conjunctions • FANBOYS • articles • a, an, the • prepositions

  9. Title (4) • same font style & font size as rest of essay John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm John Smith Mrs. McCloud English 2, Period 1 April 23, 2019 Allegory in Animal Farm 

  10. Title (4) • italicize play titles • Macbeth ↓ title, intro, conclusion…

  11. Two Part Title (4) First Part: Second Part • tells exactly what • assignment is • includes play title, • which is italicized • creative, witty • fitting for topic • of essay • colon used to separate the two parts

  12. Intro ¶ (10) • Exposition • Title • Author • First Last Name • spelled correctly! • genre (drama, play, or tragedy) • brief summary • TR Central Idea

  13. Central Idea ↓ THEME …universal… …insight about human experience…

  14. Body ¶’s (12) • Topic Sentence (TS) • TR chunks of • Concrete Details (CD) • Commentary(CM) • (CD + 2CM) not set in stone • TR Closing Sentence (CS)

  15. Body ¶’s (4) Topic Sentence offers subject for the paragraph Macbeth’s progression stages / traits (loyal, greedy, ambitious, paranoid, arrogant)

  16. Body ¶’s (4) TS TR Chunks: CD + 2CM concrete detail (quotes) followed by commentary explain HOW literary devices in CD (quotes) support TS idea

  17. Quotes (16-17, 20) • highlight all quotes • who said it • to whom • circumstances • slash marks  end of one line/start of next • cite quote In the beginning of the play, the witches present the main motif of the play to indicate the duality of human nature: “Fair is foul and foul is fair:/Hover through the fog and filthy air (1.1.12-13).

  18. Quotes drop ,&. • Stacey grabs the cheat notes and asks, “You planning on cheating? ...Well, you ain’tgonna” (Taylor 79). keep !&? • Stacey grabs the cheat notes and asks, “You planning on cheating?” (Taylor 79). When to use , or : to introduce a quote (17) • Bernard explains to Lenina, “I’d rather be myself” (Huxley 89). • Bernard explains to Lenina why he won’t take soma: “I’d rather be myself” (Huxley 89).

  19. Body ¶’s (12) TR CLOSING SENTENCE circle back to idea in TS or central idea of essay DONOTsegue into next ¶ Wrap up ideas of current ¶

  20. Concluding ¶ (14) move from specific (story) to the general (real life) AND/OR give a message about humankind / society final sentence  leave an impact

  21. Mechanics • spelling ... grammar ... punctuation ... capitalization ... sentence structure ... paragraphing • READ YOUR WORK ALOUD...YOU WILL CATCH ERRORS!!!!! • don’t rely on computer to catch all errors • raise level of diction thesaurus • don’t overuse fancy words

  22. Punctuation • dash • colon • semicolon • Ind. clause; conj. adv., ind. clause. • Emily felt shy; however, she soon made friends.

  23. Reminders • Maintain Formal Tone (6) • literary present tense • no contractions • no colloquialisms • third person point of view • transitions (15) • active verbs (24) okay in direct quotes be…is…am…are… was…were…being… been…become…became

  24. Read Aloud Process • Read your essay aloud • speak loudly enough to actually hear yourself • mark anything that needs revising • Swap essays with another person • he/she reads your essay aloud to you

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