Finishing the outline

  How power is gained  Words vs. violence – which is more convincing?  Public speaking and persuasion  Manipulation and politics  Modes of persuasion – emotion, logic, character credibility  Perspective on an event Warm up: Select one of the topics from the list below and use it to draft an attack sentence. Remember that an attack sentence is a message about people or society that deals with the topic of the play but does not yet mention specific characters or plot.

  You should have completed yesterday, for homework, and during today’s warm up:  Thesis  Topic sentences  Claims  Supports (quotes)  Analysis  Attack sentence Now, polish it and add it to your outline

  Summary  Conclusion sentences  Conclusion paragraph You should have the following to complete today:

  Name of the author  Name of the play  Major plot details about Caesar and the context of the play  Major characters needed for your argument: conspirators, Caesar, Brutus, Antony  Context of the speech by Antony (what came before it? Who spoke? What does the crowd think of the assassination before Antony speaks?)  Transition into thesis Summary check list

 Main argument Area of support for this paragraph Best points from your quotes (do not include text of the play; instead, paraphrase here) Conclusion Sentence Check list

  Main argument in different words from the thesis  Your best point(s) about evidence (no quotes, paraphrase)  Your best point(s) about repetition (no quotes, paraphrase)  What it means for Antony  What it all means for Rome  What it all means for society and humans (connect back to your attack sentence) Conclusion Paragraph Checklist