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Writing About Plays 1 W riting About Plays and Essays with More Than One Source 1. Identify who is speaking in each line 2. Rough context for what is happening in the moment 3. Dialogue and source quotations that are longer than four lines of text need to be of fset by one inch / 2.54cm in a block quotation a. Three lines: “T race all her steps. At this she-fox’s den / Watch what lambs enter:

let me play shepherd / To save their throats from bleeding, and cut hers!” (2.234-6) b. Four lines:

SIR ALEXANDER: Trace all her steps. At this she-fox’s den W atch what lambs enter: let me play shepherd T o save their throats from bleeding, and cut hers!

TRAPDOOR: This is the goll shall do’ t. (234-7) 4. Prose and block text is counted as four lines of letter paper (how long it takes you to get from one side of the page to another) before being of fset by an inch in a new line, poetry is counted as four lines or more regardless of length. 5. If a play has an act division, the notation is Act. Scene. Line-range (ex: 3.2.45-7). If it is only divided by scenes, then the notation is Scene. Line-range (ex: 4.65-80). a. Line numbers within the same page range (10-group or 100-group) only use the last differ ent digits in the notation (ex: 4.165-80) 6. Because you only have dialogue, context and direct quotations are important! Make sure to include the author ’s name either in the context sentence or in the in-text citation. a. Ex: In Middleton’ s play The Roaring Girl , in [scene information] Laxton says to Moll “.... quotation” (2.45-7) b. Ex: In [scene information] Laxton says to Moll “.... quotation” (Middleton 2.45-7) c. Four pieces of information: i. Author ii. Scene/Act number iii. Line number iv . Direct quotation W riting About Plays 2 Student name Class Instructor Date T itle Introduction ? Opening statement about the play , short context for what you’re talking about ? A rough outline of the evidence you will use ? Brief description of themes, clothing, character , relationships ? Some short statements about any criticism or other scholarly sources that you will be using ? Thesis statement or the ar gument you will make about the text. Remember: a thesis statement answers a question. Body paragraphs (repeated as necessary) ? T opic sentence ? Context for your evidence (scene information, characters, rough article ar gument) ? Direct quotations with proper citations, integrated into a proper sentence ? Either primary (play , novel, short story, movie, etc.) or secondary evidence (scholarly sources) ? Discussion of the evidence, or an analysis of the evidence in support of your point ? For secondary evidence: how does this help to understand your primary quotations? ? For primary evidence: how does this support your point?

W riting About Plays 3 ? T ransition statement into the next topic sentence Conclusion ? Restate your thesis ? Recap your main points ? “Why is this important?” ? Understanding the play? ? Understanding cultures? ? Critical reading? (new page) W orks Cited In order , left hand justified include all sources referenced in your essay with proper documentation in MLA format Sources are listed in alphabetical order by the author ’s last name, and any source that goes over one line is given a hanging indent.