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Learners must break the text into complete thoughts separated by punctuation, produce original contemporary English paraphrases matching the speech type (interrogative, imperative, declarative tone), and write a brief three-sentence summary of the excerpt as a whole. 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Soliloquies are complicated because they don’t really sound like normal human speech. They can be confessions, panic attacks, self-hype, self-doubt, prayers, suicide notes, ecstatic imaginings, and all seven of those at the same time! They’re meant to represent not what we share with our mouths but what goes on inside our minds, often outside of our own control, and usually at least a little contradictory.  \n● Examine the example (done with Macbeth’s reaction to the witches’ prophecies) on the second page of this document.  \n● Use your own copy of the play – including its footnotes – and don’t be afraid to make some big inferences. However, be sure it’s original and not lifted from elsewhere, like someone else’s paraphrase in a book or online. (It’s going through a plagiarism checker anyway, so be big-brain about this. And don’t share your work with other humans, as they may present it as their own.) Ifyou get really stuck on a few complete thoughts, it’s really okay to leave a one or two blank: you won’t lose points for honest idks.  \n● I have one more tip. If the original complete thought is interrogative (a question), make sure your paraphrase is also a question. Likewise, if the original paraphrase is imperative (a command) , be sure your paraphrase is also a command. It’s okay to make declaratives (statements) into exclamations if you think it Ξts the tone.  \n● When you’re ready, access your assigned excerpt  .  \n● Ifyou’re raring for more and/or if you’d like some bonus, sharpen your teeth on another optional excerpt here.  \nMacbeth’s Ξrst soliloquy – from the beginning ofI.iii  \nTwo truths are told As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme. [ ...]  \nThis supernatural soliciting  \nCannot be ill, cannot be good. Ifill, Why hath it given me earnest of success Commencing in a truth? I am Thane ofCawdor. Ifgood, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unΞx my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings.  \nMy thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man  \nThat function is smothered in surmise, And nothing is but what is not.  \n\n| original text | my original contemporary English paraphrase |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1. Two truths are told [a]s happy prologues to the swelling act [o]f the imperial theme. | They told me two true things as happy previews to the third thing – the thing about ruling an empire. |\n| 2. This supernatural soliciting [c]annot be ill, cannot be good. | The way I see it, this prophecy can’t be evil, but …it also can’tbe good. |\n| 3. Ifill, [w]hy hath it given me earnest of success\u003Cbr>[c]ommencing in a truth? | How can the prophecy be evil ifit promised me such great news that actually turned out to be true? |\n| 4. I am Thane ofCawdor. | I mean – wow– I’m the Thane ofCawdor now! |\n| 5. Ifgood, why do I yield to that suggestion [w]hose horrid image doth unΞx my hair [a]nd make my seated heart knock at my ribs [a]gainst the use of nature? | But …how can this prophecy be good if it’s making my hair fall out and my heart beat like crazy when I think about what it implies? |\n| 6. Present fears [a]re less than horrible imaginings. | Real life dangers are way spookier than the terrible things I’m imagining right now. |\n| 7. My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,[s]hakes so my single state of man [t]hat function is smothered in surmise,[a]nd nothing is but what isnot.","cbCailEWT2vY3YQl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailEWT2vY3YQl","pdf",89061,"English","# Task Overview\n## Reading, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Rules\n## Macbeth Excerpt Example and Paraphrases\n## Optional Steps and Synopsis","[{\"question\":\"How should students split the play excerpt into complete thoughts?\",\"answer\":\"Split it into complete thoughts separated by periods, semicolons, colons, and question marks.\"},{\"question\":\"What must the paraphrase preserve about sentence type?\",\"answer\":\"If the original complete thought is a question, the paraphrase must also be a question; if it is a command, the paraphrase must also be a command.\"},{\"question\":\"What is required for the final summary of the excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"Write a brief three-sentence summary of the excerpt as a whole, based on the paraphrased thoughts.\"}]","Macbeth Soliloquy Breakdown Task 22 | PDF",1790677684]