Short Response

(8 lines of space)
 

C  laim – What is your answer?

P  roof – Prove it with a quote or specific.

R  esponse – How does your “proof” justify your claim?

 

Sample Question: 

Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?  Use

details and information from the story to support your answer.
 

Sample Response:

Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet

because he thinks it will stop the feuding between the

families.  Friar Laurence states, “For this alliance

may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancor

to pure love.”  In other words, marrying the young

lovers may change the hatred to love, therefore

ending the Montague and Capulet feud.

Extended Response *

(14 lines of space)
 

C  laim – What is your answer?

P  roof – Prove it with a quote or specific.

R  esponse – How does your “proof” justify your claim?

 

Sample Question: 

How does Juliet respond when her mother asks her to consider marrying

Paris?  Use details and information from the story to support your answer.
 

Sample Response:

Juliet responds in a polite, yet negative manner.  Juliet says that marriage is “an honor that I dream not of.”  In other words, she honors the unity of marriage, but it is not for her.  Similarly, Juliet says, “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.”  She will humor her mother and try to like Paris.   She cannot make herself love him, but maybe just looking at him will help her to like him.  Juliet is only thirteen years old, so she has not thought about marriage a great deal.  Juliet’s comments and age suggest she does not want to marry Paris.

* An extended response requires more “P” and “R”.