Assignment Draft of Poetry Analysis
Now it is time to submit your draft and planning documents. Did you plan your paper completely? Did you follow
your planning documents when writing your draft? You will get a chance to revise your paper before handing in a
final draft, but use appropriate transitions and maintain a consistent point of view in this first draft.
Submit the following:
Graphic Organizer: Evidence for a Poem's Theme
Graphic Organizer: Informal Essay for an Outline about Theme
First Draft
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1. Write an introduction with a clear thesis about the theme of the poem.
2. Analyze the theme of the poem using paraphrases, examples and quotations as evidence.
3. Write a conclusion that summarizes the theme.
4. Use appropriate transitions.
5. Maintain a third person point of view.

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women