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Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Differentiation Suggestion: For English learners or struggling writers, strategies that work well include graphic organizers, sentence frames or starters, group work, or oral responses.
Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Dynamic characters change over the course of a story.
2. Though sometimes people think violence is the answer to a problem, it almost always leads to more violence.
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All's Well That Ends Well
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Antony and Cleopatra
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As You Like It
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Coriolanus
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Cymbeline
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Hamlet
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Henry IV, Part 1
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Henry IV, Part 2
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Henry V
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Henry VIII
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Henry VI, Part 1
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Henry VI, Part 3
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Julius Caesar
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King John
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King Lear
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Love's Labour's Lost
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Measure For Measure
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Othello
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