Who is the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet?

Introduction
Hook – go HERE for help developing your opening sentence.
Background information about topic
Play title: Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Genre: Tragedy
Your thesis/claim (topic + rationale) – go HERE for help on building this.
You are answering the question ‘Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?’ so your thesis should look something like the example below
__ are most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because .

Supporting Body Paragraph #1
Topic sentence (This should match the rationale from your thesis.)
(This character) is the most responsible for the tragedy because of (reason #1 in your thesis).
Context – what is going on in the play in the moment where you found your first quote?
This should be 2-3 sentences telling me about the relationship of your character to Romeo & Juliet, and where their relationship is at this point
Provide evidence to support your rationale (This is your FIRST direct quote!)
Make sure your in-text citation is with Act, Scene, and Line numbers (see resource sheet for help!)
For example: “O Romeo, Romeo, / wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.1.74-75).
Provide analysis/discussion about the evidence – How does the evidence prove, beyond any doubt, that your character is responsible? Go HERE for help with this.
This makes __________ responsible because (reason x), (reason y), and (reason z).
Transition sentence – get your reader ready to have their mind blown, because your most conclusive piece of evidence is still yet to come!!

Supporting Body Paragraph #2
Topic sentence (second detail – this could acknowledge a possible counterargument, or be the final piece of evidence in this puzzle)
_________________ is more responsible for the tragedy than ______________ because _________________.
Despite (some context), ______________ did (something else) to directly cause the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet.

IF YOU ARE DOING A COUNTERCLAIM
Refutation of Counterclaim. Tell me what someone could argue against you, and provide context. Then, provide evidence to support your refutation (This is your SECOND quote!)
Make sure your in-text citation is with Act, Scene, and Line numbers (see resource sheet for help!)
For example: “O Romeo, Romeo, / wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.1.74-75).
B. Provide analysis/discussion about the evidence – how does your evidence refute the counterclaim? Go HERE for help with this.
This makes __________ more responsible than ___________ because (reason x), (reason y), and (reason z).

IF YOU ARE DOING A SECOND, SEPERATE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
Context – what is going on in the play in the moment where you found your first quote?
This should be 2-3 sentences telling me about the relationship of your character to Romeo & Juliet, and where their relationship is at this point
Provide evidence to support your rationale (This is your FIRST direct quote!)
Make sure your in-text citation is with Act, Scene, and Line numbers (see resource sheet for help!)
For example: “O Romeo, Romeo, / wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.1.74-75).
Provide analysis/discussion about the evidence – How does the evidence prove, beyond any doubt, that your character is responsible? Go HERE for help with this.
This makes __________ responsible because (reason x), (reason y), and (reason z).

IV. Conclusion
Restate your thesis
_____________ is most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because ______________________.
Relevance of this argument. Why do we care?
Final thought – What do you want to leave the reader thinking about? How do you want the reader to regard your ideas? Go HERE to help generate some ideas.

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