How to write a 4-3-2-1 response 4 sentences in response to a writing prompt: Essentially this amounts to a very short, short-answer essay.

Stay on topic! 3 sentences of summary about the text: Include the MOST important points/ideas. Your summary should show that you read care ully and have a !ood understandin! o the te"t. 2 quotes that stand out: #nder each $uote, e"plain why you selected it and what does it mean in relation to the article. 1 question or connection: Ma%e a connection in a sentence or as% a ollow up $uestion. &hat do you still wonder a'out the te"t( E"ample) Macbeth *- Response +rompt) ,ow is the monarchy depicted in Macbeth( Monarchy is depicted as a corrupt institution in Macbeth. The title character and his wi e, -ady Mac'eth, who have already achieved enormous power at the 'e!innin! o the play, are immediately driven to murder as a means o securin! yet more power. Their am'ition is depicted as a deni!ratin! in luence on the %in!dom, as in the play, Scotland descends into chaos under their rule. #ltimately, even the attempt to e"pel the in luence o Mac'eth is tainted 'y this corruption, as it is only achieved throu!h urther 'loodshed. it can there ore 'e seen that Macbeth re!ards the monarchy with !reat cynicism. /- Summary The play is a'out a Scottish no'leman and !eneral, Mac'eth, who is prophesied 'y three witches to 'ecome the %in! o Scotland. Mac'eth conspires with his wi e to murder the current %in! and other no'les in order to consolidate their power. Mac'eth is ultimately %illed 'y a ellow no'leman, Macdu , and order is restored to the Scottish monarchy. 0- uotes ! "na#ysis 1I have no spur To pric% the sides o my intent, 'ut only 2aultin! am'ition, which o3erleaps itsel 4nd alls on the other1 These lines, spo%en 'y Mac'eth as he is a'out the murder 5uncan, reveal a truth a'out his character) he is very am'itious and desirous o power. Even thou!h Mac'eth %nows that he should not murder the %in!, he also %nows that he too wants to rule. 1I am in 'lood Stepp3d in so ar that, should I wade no more, 6eturnin! were as tedious as !o o3er1

These lines, spo%en 'y Mac'eth, reveal the depths to which the character has allen. ,e reco!ni7es that, a ter carryin! out numerous murders, there is no turnin! 'ac% rom his evil course. 8- $onnection or uestion

The depiction o the monarchy in Mac'eth is very similar to that ound in Oedipus 6e") cynical and dispara!in! o the power ul.