Write a persuasive argument
Use convincing reasons, appropriate quotations, and specific evidence to develop your main points
Incorporate credible sources. You will have one primary source (the play) and two secondary sources
“Hook”
Identify the play and the playwright
Provide a brief plot summary (one – two sentences)
State your thesis statement (your argument)
Essay’s Body (Four – Five Paragraphs)
Use convincing reasons, appropriate quotations, and specific evidence to develop your main points and
support your thesis
Use convincing reasons, appropriate quotations, and specific evidence from your primary source (The
Tempest) to effectively support your thesis
Example: According to the narrator, “She has been like this, chin in on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle”
(Walker 30), ever since she was burned in a fire.
Weave in secondary sources to further support you points/argument
Example: Creon’s arrogance is his downfall, argues Maurice Bowra. However prideful Antigone may
occasionally seem, Bowra insists that Creon is genuinely, deeply, and consistently so (2108).