Romeo+and+Juliet+Persuasive+Essay

Romeo and Juliet – PERSUASIVE ESSAY
 * Points: 100 points**

2. To support your opinion about your beliefs with strong textual evidence, analysis, and personal reasoning 3. To increase your analytic writing abilities 4. To give you an opportunity to work on chronological organization
 * Purpose:** 1. To persuade your audience that your beliefs about who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are accurate


 * Assignment**: Decide upon your own personal answer to this question: **Who is responsible**
 * for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?**

There are a number of possible answers. You are to decide upon one that you can believe in and support with textual evidence. You may choose only **one** character. You are to work with **no one else** in the construction of your outline or the selection of your evidence.


 * Requirements**: Your essay should have __three distinct sections__: Introduction; Body; Conclusion.

I. The **introduction** must: A. Capture the audience's attention in a creative way that also motivates them to listen. B. Provide clear, yet brief background information on your character. (**Note**: This information should __not__ also appear in the body of the speech.) C. State __both__ a clear purpose and thesis statement.

II. The **body** of the speech must:
 * § Have three clear examples to support your thesis (A, B, C);
 * § Must be chronologically organized.
 * § Use __at least two__ supporting text references from the play and clear analysis of those references __for each of your examples (1, 2, 3)__;
 * § Use smooth and clear transitions between each major example.

The **conclusion** of the speech must: A. Summarize the main ideas and restate the thesis, using new wording; B. Offer a thoughtful ending statement that extends beyond //Romeo and Juliet// and links back to the opening idea used in the attention-getter.