4.04 Antigone Theme RACES Prompt

English 08B

EXTRA CREDIT!

This is not required but can be turned in on Tuesday 4/7/20 for 10 points of extra credit. We will work on the extra credit in our Class Connects on 4/6 and 4/7. We will NOT accept your RACES prompt after Tuesday 4/7/20. There is NO grace period for this extra credit opportunity.

4.04 Antigone Theme RACES Prompt-What is the theme of Antigone? How do the conflicts in Antigone help develop the play's theme? Cite at least three pieces of textual evidence from the play in support of the theme you chose. Your response should be 1-2 complete paragraphs. Make sure to color code your response.

Topic Sentence- RED
Direct quotes and examples- BLACK
Supporting Sentences/explanation of your examples from the text- BLUE
Closing Sentence-GREEN

Hints/Reminders:

Review Lesson 4.04 prior to writing your RACES response
Attend our Class Connect for additional help and support!
Theme: the main message that an author wants to communicate to the reader. Stated in one complete sentence.
Conflict: a clash or struggle between people, ideas, or feelings; characters can have a conflict within themselves, with another character, with society, or with nature
Resolution: the solution or working out of a literary conflict

Prompt Objectives:

Demonstrate comprehension of text
Identify conflict and resolution
Identify theme
Analyze how characters' actions develop theme
Analyze how conflict and resolution develop the plot
Use textual evidence to support your response

See the sample topic sentence below to get you started on this entry. You can either finish the topic sentence below or write your own topic sentence.

Topic Sentence Example: The conflicts in the Greek play, Antigone, develop the theme (insert theme here).

From here, remember that you must support, prove, and demonstrate the ideas you’ve stated in your topic sentence. The prompt even asks for examples from the text. Finally, don’t forget your closing sentence!

What does a proper RACES paragraph look like?

Each entry should have all the following components and should look comparable to this sample entry. Please color code your entry!

Title: “The Raven”
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Date of Assignment: 9/27/17
Question: How does Poe incorporate the literary device of repetition into his poem and what effect does this device on the reader.

In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe the author uses the literary device of repetition to help create and sustain the spooky mood and tone of the poem. Poe uses phrases such as “Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door… Merely this and nothing more” to convey the urgency and uneasiness the speaker feels as he hears strange noises outside his door. In addition to the repeated phrases, Poe also repeats certain words such as “rapping, rapping” and “nothing more.” The repetition of these single words contributes to the spooky mood by slowly building the intensity of the poem until it reaches its climax. Although Poe uses many literary devices in his poem to help create and sustain this spooky mood and tone, one of the most common and effective devices is repetition.

Remember, your response will be graded based on the following criteria:

1-2 paragraphs in length.
Needs to be color coded:
Topic Sentence- RED
Direct quotes and examples- BLACK
Supporting Sentences/explanation of your examples from the text- BLUE
Closing Sentence-GREEN

Each entry contains evidence of effort and thoughtful analysis
Use evidence from the text to support your response including direct quotes.
Each entry fully answers the question asked
Each entry contains proper sentence structure and is written in the third person