The 5 M’s – Meaning, Mind, Mood, Motivation, and Method
Name ________________________________________
Romeo and Juliet Act III Type 3 Writing Assignment: Conflict Analysis
Overview:
❖ For this writing assignment, you will choose ONE of the following types of conflicts and discuss how 2 or more instances of this conflict in ACT III help the plot keep moving and stay interesting.
▪ Violence/crime vs. peace/law
▪ Old vs. young
▪ Fate vs. free will
▪ Parents vs. children
▪ Trust vs. suspicion
▪ Tragedy vs. humor
▪ Patience vs. impetuousness (impulsive – acting suddenly without thought)
This involves:
❖ Choosing ONE of the above conflicts from Act III and identify how it keeps the plot moving and interesting in Act III
❖ Identifying at least 2 specific examples from Act III (quoting lines) illustrating this conflict at work
❖ Discussing/elaborating on how specifically the example demonstrates the conflict, what is shows about the conflict, and how it keeps the plot moving.
Format:
❖ 1 paragraph, ½ page to 1 page long TYPED!!!!
❖ Begin w/ a topic sentence identifying the conflict and how it keeps the plot moving.
❖ Transition
❖ Introduce first example – set up what it shows
❖ Give the quotation from the play, along with Act, scene, and line #’s
❖ Explain or analyze what this example shows about the language used
❖ Transition
❖ Introduce second example
❖ Etc..
Brainstorming:
FCA’s (each one is worth 5 points = 20 points)
❖ Organizes paragraph around a clear topic sentence (TS) that identifies the conflict and how what the conflict contributes to the Act
❖ Uses transition words and statements to help ideas connect and flow
❖ Introduces and implements at least 2 specific examples, in the form of quotations, from the play to support the discussion of the conflict and its impact on the Act
❖ Elaborates on the examples, discussing how each example specifically reflects the conflict and keeps the plot growing more intense
❖ RBE: No spelling errors, no run on sentences or fragments, no errors in S/A and Pronoun Agreement
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* * * A rubric may be attached to your writing.
Act III conflict and what it shows:
❖ Introduction/Summary of what the quotation will show:
o Quotation:
• Analysis/ Explanation of the quotation (try answering these questions):
❖ How does this quotation demonstrate the conflict?
❖ How is this conflict/quotation working in the Act in general?
❖ Introduction/Summary of what the 2nd quotation will show:
• Analysis/ Explanation of the quotation (try answering these questions):
❖ How does this quotation demonstrate the conflict?
❖ How is this conflict/quotation working in the Act in general?
|The 5 M’s – Meaning, Mind, Mood, Motivation, and Method |
|Act: |Character: |
Who am I? (character’s name and relationship to other characters)
|What am I saying? | | | | | |
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What am I saying?
Why am I saying it (focused on motivations)?
Because I want (what the character wants to accomplish)
Because I think (what the character thinks about the other characters and the
situation they are in, and what the character thinks about his/her own situation)
Because I feel (fears, hopes, love, hate, envy, contempt, and so on . . . include to
whom this emotion is directed, if it is towards another character. Characters may
also be experiencing more than one feeling – so each emotion should be
addressed)
Because this is what I’m like (statements about the character’s nature/personality)
How do I speak? (concerned with answers to speaking style, emphasis, tone, speed, pauses, gestures, movements, facial expressions, etc..
| |Act I sc. i |Act I sc. ii |Act I sc. iii |Act I sc. iv |Act I sc. v |
|Puns |X | | | | |
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|Personification |X | | | | |
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|Allusion |X | | | | |
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|Light/dark imagery |X | | | |XX |
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|Oxymoron |X | | | |X |
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|Conceit | | |X | | |
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|Foreshadowing | | | |X | |
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Literary Devices in Act I – x’s in squares denotes the number of examples to include. Record line numbers and explain the meaning.
| |Act I sc. i |Act I sc. ii |Act I sc. iii |Act I sc. iv |Act I sc. v |
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|Violence/Crime | | | | | |
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|Peace/law | | | | | |
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|Old | | | | | |
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|True love | | | | | |
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|Infatuation | | | | | |
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|Fate | | | | | |
|Vs. | | | | | |
|Free Will | | | | | |
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|Parents | | | | | |
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|Trust | | | | | |
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|Suspicion | | | | | |
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|Tragedy | | | | | |
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Conflicts in Act I – Record events with line numbers that reflect any of the conflicts listed below.
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