Prompt: Draft an essay that identifies two themes Geoffrey Chaucer gives expression to in the nun’s priest tale* from The Canterbury Tales . How does Chaucer use characters, events and/or literary devices to express the themes? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis. Guiding Questions: The questions are intended to help generate ideas for the essay and should be used along with a visual organizer “Quote/Analysis/Theme.” 1. What “big” abstract ideas / themes does tale of choice* express? 2. What do the main characters in the tale do that demonstrate these ideas? 3. What do the characters or tale of choice say that conveys these ideas? 4. What events take place in the plot of the story that develops these ideas? 5. What does the narrator ( not the author; not tale of choice) say in the “General Prologue” that adds more meaning these ideas? Requisites: 1. Structure of essay: introduction + body paragraphs (2) + conclusion. 2. Introduction states an arguable thesis. 3. Body: e X amples from the text must include two (2) direct quotes from the text to support claims. a. Analysis must follow examples. 1. Signal phrases must be included when paraphrasing and quoting directly from the text to integrate and synthesize ideas from multiple sources (i.e., the text + your ideas/analysis/interpretation etc.). 4. Conclusion reiterates thesis in different words and summarizes main ideas from the body. 5. Diction & syntax : Expression of ideas must maintain a formal style and follow the conventions of written English.
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