Julius Caesar Essays
 Introduction Paragraph:
 Don’t need “support” here – just intro and support
in the rest of the paper
 ABSOLUTELY NO: “I’m going to tell you about”
or “My paper will be about”
Julius Caesar Essays
 Quotes:
 Citation goes at the very END of the sentence:
 Brutus said “blah blah” and the crowd was mad (Shakespeare 26).
 If you start in the middle of a quote, or don’t finish
the entire thing, use … either before or after.
 Paraphrasing quotes longer than 4-5 lines.
 Your entire paper should not be made up of JUST
quotes!
 Transition into quotes – Brutus said, “blah blah…”
 Your own commentary between quotes.
Julius Caesar Essays
 Writing:
 Play-by-play…. I already read the play, don’t just give me
a play-by-play of what happened! I want to hear what you
think about it, not just a summary!
 “Well” and “So” weaken your paper
Julius Caesar Essays
 Grammar:
 Not Brutus’s – it is Brutus’
 Julius Caesar is a play – Needs to be either underlined or
italicized if you are referring to the play itself.
 The title of your essay should be capitalized
 “Brutus should have” not “Brutus should of ”
 No SLANG
 “Till” should be “Until”
 “cause” should be “because”