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The assignment should be completed within 4 hours at most. 1 double spacedShakespeareAttach a plagiarism reportFormat MLA __thesis_driven__final_exam_essay_assignment__2020_may__7th_grade__mr.docx Unformatted Attachment Preview Thesis-driven, Final Exam Essay Assignment, 2020 May, 7th Grade, Mr. Klaiber, INSTRUCTIONS William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream For the highest grade possible the student must read this entire document prior to starting. Mr. K. would read it aloud if he were you. Read it as if in class, and maybe to a parent OR to the family dog. (Some dogs will of course earn detention--thats normal.) This essay will naturally feel like a project, students, but please dont overthink it. Maybe even start your first draft right away (after reading this entire doc.)! Some will want to carefully plan the essay first; others will do best to just roll ahead, start typing on a fresh new blank Google document, and then afterwards complete several, careful editing/proofreading rewrites over several different days. (Its very exciting to read your own work afresh and catch your own prior mistakes!) For the best grade possible the student must read this entire document prior to starting. List of strict requirements (Diligent students will treat these like a checklist. If you havent completed each, do not check it off.): _____ Essay must be typed as a Google Doc only. (Google doc ONLY. No WORD, no PDFs, no handwriting.) _____ Submit your finished essay to both our Google Classroom AND to TurnItIn.com. _____ Correctly use five of our English class vocab terms (strictly required). Any terms from lists one through ten. _____ MLA formatting is strictly required (e.g., double-spaced, heading, running head, no absurd spacing between or among paragraphs, etc.) Pls see website if questions: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ _____ WHen proofreading your essay, you, the author, must click on and fix every squiggly blue line generated by Google Docs software. Squiggly lines of any color usually indicate mistakes. The software alerts the writer, providing easy opportunities to improve skill, communication, and grade. Unaddressed squiggles submitted to Mr. K. will automatically lower the students grade. _____ Each of the essays five paragraphs must have the following: ≥6 words per sentence, ≥6 sentences per paragraph. _____ No fluff allowed. (e.g., “I hoped you liked my story,” The End, or I am going to write an essay.) _____ For the best grade possible the student must continue to read this entire document prior to starting. _____ The required thesis statement (which includes claim, because, X,Y, and Z) should be the last sentence of the first paragraph. In yellow highlight color (not text color), the student must highlight her thesis statement (using the Google docs software highlight feature). _____ In bright light blue highlight color (not text color), the student must highlight each of his outside sources quotations or excerpts. _____ In orange highlight color (not text color), the student must highlight each of his or her five vocabulary words. _____ Did you use Times New Roman, size 12 throughout? _____ Did you risk the health of your teachers brain cells by using the Arial font in your running head? :-| (Emoji isnt smiling.) Remember: _____ One of the students most baleful enemies is the run-on sentence (grammar ch. 1). When clauses are joined by a comma or space, grades fall. Clauses are most often properly separated by periods, or em dashes, or semicolons. _____ A paragraph is often a section of prose (or writing) usually centered on one subject. You knew that! _____ This formal final exam essay must be written in third-person POV. The POV must stay consistent throughout. No saying I, we or our. Do not address the reader as you, your, or yourselves. How long will this essay take? Several hours, hopefully over the course of a few days. Overall, please plan on two-to-five minutes roughly for every sentence of writing. Again, this will feel like an important project, students. _____ Uploading the finished doc twice takes time. Late penalties will be applied. Do not procrastinate. Expect some things to go wrong. You are proactive, self-reliant, and trustworthy, yes? :-) It is permissible to use Grammarly.com for this essay. (Grammarly works like a tutor--it does not help students to cheat.) _____ For the best grade possible the student must finish reading this entire document prior to starting. If you do not know, or you need help, please ask Mr. Klaiber in advance by email OR search it online. Do not post questions for Mr. K. on GC and hope he finds them. _____ Students must take enjoyable pride in their work on this one. Outright satisfaction and fun are suggested but optional. _____ TurnItIn.com will check for cheating/plagiarism/dirtydog deception. Cheating is wrong and dishonorable and violates Gods commandments--maybe thats why Mr. K. almost never has students who commit that sin. Remember: Accomplished author, George Orwell, who was once a seventh grader, is purported to have said, If people cannot write well, they cannot think well. If they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them. Finally, (Where are the prompts, Mr. K.?) each student must choose one of the following essay topics on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and compose a five-paragraph, thesis-driven essay addressing the prompt. The student must incorporate three specific details and three quotes from the play in his or her essay. Essay must be written in formal tone and in MLA format. 1. Although A Midsummer Night’s Dream is categorized as one of Shakespeare’s comedies, much has been written about the darker side of this play including some of terrible ways the characters treat one another. Identify three separate instances in which the play is dark and discuss why each instance is tragic. Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 2. After reading Act V of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, how is the laborers’ play-within-a-play (Pyramus and Thisbe) similar to the outer play? Identify three similarities between the playwithin-a-play and the outer play and explain why they are important to the overall plot. Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 3. Shakespearean scholars have sometimes argued that Oberon is the root of all problems in the play. Either describe three separate ways that his actions altered the outcome of the plot and why each instance was so important. Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 4. Write a quote (with author and page number in parentheses per MLA requirements) from the play which was among the most meaningful. Explain who said it, what it means and why it was so noteworthy a quote (for instance, how does it connect to major themes within the play?). Connect that quote to at least three other quotes in support of your answer. 5. Explain the importance of the title of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Identify three ways the title connects to the plot or themes within the play. Upon completion of the play, does the title have more importance than at first glance? Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 6. Compare Shakespeares play to a present-day romantic comedy” (book or movie) and find several parallels between them. For example, you may focus on themes the two share, or similar plotlines, or conflicts, characters, or endings. These should not be “stretches” (i.e. don’t just pick any romantic comedy), choose one that strongly reminds you of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 7. Identify and describe irony found in the play. Irony is when the last thing that one would expect to happen, does. You can either choose one instance and analyze it deeply or choose three instances of irony to analyze. Support your answer with textual evidence from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and incorporate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 8. Find the three instances in the play that most have both a literal and symbolic meaning. This means that there is a deeper meaning to an event that occurs in the play. You could also consider objects that serve as symbols in the novel. Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. 9. Is this play truly timeless? Is the love portrayed among the four lovers is similar to love among teens today (that times have remained unchanged)? Convince the reader by providing three examples of ways that love (as perceived in the play) relates to love today. Integrate at least three quotes in support of your answer. ... Purchase answer to see full attachment