MEDEA
The shocking tragedy of the play.
Medea murders her two children to seek vengeance against her husband for forsaking their marriage vows.
TRUE OR FALSE: A topic sentence should include characters and events from the play.
Is it FALSE?
Ms. Scurrah's recommended word-count for embedded quotes
1-5 words
The level of analysis where you zoom in on text construction choices the author makes, and make inferences about how and why they were used
What is LEVEL 2 ANALYSIS?
TRUE OR FALSE: Evidence and analysis must always be written in completely separate sentences.
Is it FALSE?
This character is Medea's grandfather.
Who is HELIOS, GREEK TITAN GOD OF THE SUN?
A requirement of the command terms 'discuss' and 'to what extent'
What is A BALANCED ARGUMENT?
Used to edit pronouns, tense or grammar in a quote
What are square brackets [ ]?
The level of analysis where you zoom in on examples of character and plot developments, and make inferences about what they represent
What is LEVEL 1 ANALYSIS?
The three essential elements of a complete sentence.
What is a SUBJECT, OBJECT & VERB?
Where Medea is set.
Where is THE GREEK CITY-STATE OF CORINTH?
A complex contention must contain an ___ idea and a ____ idea.
What is INITIAL & QUALIFYING?
The four levels of text construction choices that should all be considered when reading and exploring a text.
What is the: word level, sentence level, paragraph level and whole-text level?
The real historical events that occurred at the time in which the narrative is set
What is HISTORICAL CONTEXT?
Strategies for avoiding a monotonous listing effect in a paragraph.
What is VARYING SENTENCE STARTERS & SENTENCE LENGTH?
The genre of Medea
What is tragedy/tragic drama?
A topic sentence should pose a universal and thematic ______ that relates to the key ideas in the prompt.
What is an ASSERTION?
A recurring idea or symbol that develops ideas throughout a play.
What is a MOTIF?
The views and values of the society that informed the creation of the text, as well as the different levels of the society depicted
What is SOCIAL CONTEXT?
An effective activity for improving the precision and sophistication of your vocabulary.
What is a VOCAB BANK?
An overview of Jason's accolades prior to the play Medea.
Champion of Hera and Athena, the hero who captured the Golden Fleece (with Medea's help) and the leader of the Argonauts.
What are CONNECTIVES AND CONJUNCTIONS?
A long speech in a play where a character speaks their private thoughts out loud while alone on stage
What is a soliloquy?
The cultural practices or backgrounds that informed the creation of characters
What is CULTURAL CONTEXT?
A punctuation mark that links two independent sentences or complete thoughts that are closely related
What is a SEMICOLON?