Writing Techniques

Question 1

What is a great way to begin a new paragrah?

Answer 1

Transition sentences. For example:

By doing so, Shakespeare asserts Lady Macbeth as a nutjob.

Despite being crazy, Lady Macbeth…

Question 2

Introduction Structure

Answer 2

Hook
Orientation
Thesis (13 words)
Points

Question 3

Conclusion Structure

Answer 3

Thesis Reworded
Author’s Intention
Links to Evidence
Explaination
Punch

Question 4

How do we reference quotes?

Answer 4

“all are punished”(V, 3, 294)

Question 5

What is wrong with this sentence?

Shakespeare warns of the tragic consequences of hatred and revenge. In the play it says “all are punished” (V, 3, 294).

Answer 5

Who, or what, is “it”?

Always refer to a character or Shakespeare himself.

Tell your reader who says the line in the play, or Shakespeares reasoning for the line instead of what the play says.

Question 6

What are the five steps to analysing a question?

An example of a question is:

Analyse the various symbols represented by Shakespeare in his play and make comment on their effect on readers.

Answer 6

1. Underline the task
   Analyse
2. Replace generic words with specific words
   Analyse the blood, daggers, and weather, represented by Shakespeare in Macbeth and make comment on their warning to his audience
3. Turn the statement into a question
   Do the blood, daggers and weather represented by Shakespeare in Macbeth warn his audience?

4 and 5. Answer the question and write your thesis
The symbols of blood, daggers and weather used in Shakespeare’s Macbeth warn the audience of the dangers of regicide.

Question 7

What points of evidence and evaluation must be made per body paragraph to be discerning?

Answer 7

1 x Point
1 x Where - what act and scene, provide context of what happens
1 x How - what occurs in this instance to prove the point
1 x Why - why does shakespeare include this
1 x Quote - supporting the point

Question 8

What approaches must you make when writing your essay?

Answer 8

Emphasise how the text is underpinned by cultural assumptions, attitudes, values, and beliefs.

Emphasise how Shakespeares stylistic writing and choices shape the text.

Select the correct representations in the text to support your claim.