Assignment: Crucible Synthesis Essay

BRIDGE TO COLLEGE ELA B (TRI 3)
2024-05-03T18:52:42Z

Due: May 27, 2024 by 11:59pm

The Crucible Synthesis Essay

To write your essay choose ONE of the following prompts:

Identify a modern* day “witch hunt” and analyze why it is in fact considered a witch hunt using The Crucible as the model. What was the impact on society and how did logical fallacies play a role in the spread of the witch hunt?

Analyze how mass hysteria and mob mentality have impacted a modern* day societal issue in comparison to the Salem Witch Trials.. What was the impact on society and how did logical fallacies play a role?

Why did Arthur Miller call his play The Crucible? Identify and analyze a modern* event that went through its own “crucible” moment and you think will have the same kind of lasting impact as the Salem Witch Trials.

A theme is the lesson or message an author wants the reader to take away from their work. Identify the theme of Arthur Miller’s allegory play, The Crucible. Analyze the extent to which society has learned this lesson using evidence from the last 70 years since it was written.

*For our purposes, modern will be defined as the last 30 years

Your Essay Should Include:

text evidence from different parts of the book--beginning to end--not just one or two sections.

at least one outside source from your own research (this does not include any of the sources I have provided, although you can still use these)

a well developed thesis statement that guides the whole essay

an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph

Your essay needs to be in MLA format:

12 point font

Times New Roman or Calibri

1 inch margins

Proper heading

Running head

Proper in text citations

Works cited page

You must use the attached Google Doc to write your essay. Anything NOT written on this document will not be accepted.

The Crucible Synthesis Essay

To write your essay choose ONE of the following prompts:

Identify a modern* day “witch hunt” and analyze why it is in fact considered a witch hunt using The Crucible as the model. What was the impact on society and how did logical fallacies play a role in the spread of the witch hunt?

Analyze how mass hysteria and mob mentality have impacted a modern* day societal issue in comparison to the Salem Witch Trials.. What was the impact on society and how did logical fallacies play a role?

Why did Arthur Miller call his play The Crucible? Identify and analyze a modern* event that went through its own “crucible” moment and you think will have the same kind of lasting impact as the Salem Witch Trials.

A theme is the lesson or message an author wants the reader to take away from their work. Identify the theme of Arthur Miller’s allegory play, The Crucible. Analyze the extent to which society has learned this lesson using evidence from the last 70 years since it was written.

*For our purposes, modern will be defined as the last 30 years

Your Essay Should Include:

text evidence from different parts of the book--beginning to end--not just one or two sections.

at least one outside source from your own research (this does not include any of the sources I have provided, although you can still use these)

a well developed thesis statement that guides the whole essay

an introductory paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph

Your essay needs to be in MLA format:

12 point font

Times New Roman or Calibri

1 inch margins

Proper heading

Running head

Proper in text citations

Works cited page

You must use the attached Google Doc to write your essay. Anything NOT written on this document will not be accepted.