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Four Parts

I. A-Answer

II. C-Cite

III. E-Explain

IV. D-Done

INM

A-Answer or Restate the Question and Add Your Opinion This is also known as your topic sentence.

For example, if a topic asks you: Discuss Abigail’s character motivation for Act 1.

Restate: Abigail’s character motivation for Act 1 of The Crucible is to put the blame on others so that she will not be named a witch and she can find a way to be with John Proctor.

Let’s do this: How does the theme of hypocrisy show itself in the first two acts of The Crucible?

C- Cite an Example or a Specific piece of text that support or prove your Answer

You MUST give direct textual evidence. For example, if your topic sentence is Abigail’s character

motivation for Act 1 of The Crucible is to put the blame on others so that she will not be called a witch and she find a way to be with John Proctor.

C: At the end of Act 1, Abigail puts the blame on Tituba for making her drink blood and bewitching her so that she can be seen as righteous (Miller 1119).

Let’s support our thesis for: How does the theme of hypocrisy show itself in the first two acts of The Crucible?

YOU MUST HAVE THREE PIECES OF EVIDENCE

Another example of this is that Abigail tries to elicit love from John Proctor by saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (Miller 1110.

A final example is when Abigail says that she will “bring a pointing reckoning that will shudder you” if they tell of what happened in the woods because she fears being seen as unvirtuous (Miller 1107).

E- Explain in a minimum of 2 to 3 Sentences how your C proves your A You must explain the quote or summary’s relevance.

For example, if your topic sentence is Abigail’s character motivation for Act 1 of The Crucible is to put the blame on others so that she will not be called a witch and she can be with John Proctor. At the end of Act 1, Abigail puts the blame on Tituba for making her drink blood and bewitching her so that she can be seen as righteous (Miller 1119).

Abigail knows that Tituba, being a slave, has no power to persuade Hale or Parris that she is not a witch. Because she comes from Barbados, her customs and traditions are vastly different from the ones of Salem, Massachusetts. The drinking of the chicken blood will shock the village and therefore, Tituba will easily fall from grace.

Let’s support our thesis for: How does the theme of hypocrisy show itself in the first two acts of The Crucible?

YOU SHOULD REPEAT C TWO MORE TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF THREE PIECES OF EVIDENCE.

Another example of this is that Abigail tries to elicit love from John Proctor by saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (Miller 1110. John rejects Abigail’s advances when they are talking in

Betty’s room and the two characters begin to argue. The ending statement of Proctor still loving her shows that she knows that she must do something wily to win him back. She cannot let go of him.

A final example is when Abigail says that she will “bring a pointing reckoning that will shudder you” if they tell of what happened in the woods because she fears being seen as unvirtuous (Miller 1107). Abigail’s threat of death hangs over the girls’ heads. They

are too afraid to tell the truth and must align themselves with whatever Abigail concocts for an explanation as to why Betty is ill.

D- Done, but not done. You must wrap up your ideas. Abigail’s character motivation for Act 1 of The Crucible is to put the

blame on others so that she will not be called a witch and she can be with John Proctor. At the end of Act 1, Abigail puts the blame on Tituba for making her drink blood and bewitching her so that she can be seen as righteous (Miller 1119).Abigail knows that Tituba, being a slave, has no power to persuade Hale or Parris that she is not a witch. Because she comes from Barbados, her customs and traditions are vastly different from the ones of Salem, Massachusetts. The drinking of the chicken blood will shock the village and therefore, Tituba will easily fall from grace. Another example of this is that Abigail tries to elicit love from John Proctor by saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (Miller 1110). John rejects Abigail’s advances when they are talking in Betty’s room and the two characters begin to argue. The ending statement of Proctor still loving her shows that she knows that she must do something wily to win him back. She cannot let go of him. A final example is when Abigail says that she will “bring a pointing reckoning that will shudder you” if they tell of what happened in the woods because she fears being seen as unvirtuous (Miller 1107).Abigail’s threat of death hangs over the girls’ heads. They are too afraid to tell the truth and must align themselves with whatever Abigail concocts for an explanation as to why Betty is ill.

D-Through all of Abigail’s conniving, her purpose is to win John Proctor.

Yay! Abigail’s character motivation for Act 1 of The Crucible is to

put the blame on others so that she will not be called a witch and she can be with John Proctor. At the end of Act 1, Abigail puts the blame on Tituba for making her drink blood and bewitching her so that she can be seen as righteous (Miller 1119).Abigail knows that Tituba, being a slave, has no power to persuade Hale or Parris that she is not a witch. Because she comes from Barbados, her customs and traditions are vastly different from the ones of Salem, Massachusetts. The drinking of the chicken blood will shock the village and therefore, Tituba will easily fall from grace. Another example of this is that Abigail tries to elicit love from John Proctor by saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (Miller 1110). John rejects Abigail’s advances when they are talking in Betty’s room and the two characters begin to argue. The ending statement of Proctor still loving her shows that she knows that she must do something wily to win him back. She cannot let go of him. A final example is when Abigail says that she will “bring a pointing reckoning that will shudder you” if they tell of what happened in the woods because she fears being seen as unvirtuous (Miller 1107).Abigail’s threat of death hangs over the girls’ heads. They are too afraid to tell the truth and must align themselves with whatever Abigail concocts for an explanation as to why Betty is ill. Through all of Abigail’s conniving, her purpose is to win John Proctor.