Julius Caesar Stage 12 Essay
In a Stage 12 essay address the following questions:
1. What is honor? What are the qualities of
an honorable person?
2. In your opinion, given your definition of honor,
was Brutus an honorable man? Paraphrase specific
examples from the play to support your
position.
3. In our other reading this semester, we have
encountered other honorable people. Choose one or
more of these characters and use specific examples
from the literature to show they meet your definition
of honor.
4. Finally, compare and contrast Brutus' honor with
the honor of the character(s) from another work of
literature that you discusse above.
I will grade your essay on the following
criteria:
_____ _____ 1 & 2. The essay adheres to a Stage 12
format.
_____ _____ 3 & 4. The essay addresses each of the
above questions.
_____ _____ 5. The essay uses specific examples
from the literature to support your opinions.
_____ _____ 6. The writer uses active voice, does
not begin any sentence with the word there,
and uses no more than 8 "be" verbs.
_____ _____ 7. Because this is a formal,
expository essay, the writer does not use the
pronouns I, you, me, my, your, etc.
_____ _____ 8. No spelling, punctuation, or usage
errors appear.
_____ _____ 9. The writer formats the essay
according to the following specifications: use ink,
leave 1 inch margins all around, indent, write on one
side of the paper.
_____ _____ 10. The writer uses appropriate
transition words to connect ideas.
After writing your first draft, use the above
checklist to determine changes you need to make in
your final draft. You must adhere to each of the
above points--if you leave anything out I will return
the paper to you for you to rewrite. Turn this sheet
in when you turn your essay in, or I will not grade
your essay. Please take this essay seriously--it is
worth 200 points and serves as your final exam for
this course.
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