Question: Should one sacrifice oneself to do what is right?

Introduction Paragraph

 Hook: grab the reader’s attention

 Background information: give the reader context relating the topic

 Address counter-claim

 Thesis statement/Claim

*Author must maintain 3rd person point of view throughout writing*

Body Paragraphs (3 total: 2 in support of thesis; 1 addressing

counter-claim)

 Claim: topic sentence/ assertion

 Intro to Evidence: set the scene for the reader (context of evidence)

 Evidence: quote in support of position (lead into quote i. e., The author

states…)

 Analysis: Discussion of evidence and how it supports the position

(1. Paraphrase the quote; 2.How does this support your claim?;

3.Why does this relate to your claim?)

(This is the 3 rd Body Paragraph) Counter-claim Paragraph

 Concession transition + counter-claim: indicates the shift in writing for

reader (this will serve as the topic sentence)

 Intro to Evidence: set the scene for the reader (context of evidence)

 Evidence: in support of opposing side

 Analysis: discussion of evidence (however, here, author counters the

argument to link back to their position; must end connecting

Conclusion Paragraph

 Restate/ rephrase thesis/claim

 Summarize main points addressed in writing

 Why is this important for the reader to know?

Is "ing" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested