Weaving Quotes into a Short Answer Response

1. Answer the question directly.2. 2. Add a sentence or two of commentary

(your insight about the answer).3. Add meaningful and relevant text to support

your answer/commentary.– Weave the text with your own words

4. Wrap it up.– Ask “So what?”

Practice: How is King Duncan portrayed in Act I?

1. Answer the question directly: King Duncan is shown to be an honorable and fair man.

2. Commentary: When the traitor is discovered, Duncan immediately gives that honor to Macbeth to reward his efforts as a soldier.

Practice: How is King Duncan portrayed in Act I? (continued)

3. Text: Duncan feels he cannot honor Macbeth enough and admits, “The sin of [his] ingratitude even now/Was heavy on [him],” as he names Macbeth the new Thane of Cawdor.– Note: use brackets to “adjust” the text to make it work

for you. You may also use ellipses (…).

4. Wrap up: The king is quick to honor any worthy subject in his domain.

How does Macbeth respond to Malcolm being named heir?

1. Answer: • Macbeth immediately thinks of ways to get

around Malcolm being named heir.

2. Commentary: • He believes he must remove Malcolm or

simply give up on becoming king.

3. Relevant text: (pg. 360, lines 48-53)(aside) The prince of Cumberland! That is a stepOn which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;Let not light see my black and deep desires.The eye wink at the hand, yet let that beWhich the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

• 3. Relevant text:(aside) The prince of Cumberland! That is a stepOn which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;Let not light see my black and deep desires.The eye wink at the hand, yet let that beWhich the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

Short Answer Response

3. Relevant text: • Macbeth, in an aside, says, “That is a

step/On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,” when he contemplates his next move.

4. Wrap up: • He quickly puts on a mask to hide his true

feelings about Duncan’s heir.

Wrap –up (#4) continued

Macbeth immediately thinks of ways to get around Malcolm being named heir. He believes he must remove Malcolm or simply give up on becoming king. Macbeth, in an aside, says, “That is a step/On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,” when he contemplates his next move. He quickly puts on a mask to hide his true feelings about Duncan’s heir.

Your Turn:Copy 4 of the following questions on your paper.

Respond to each using the four-step method.

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