Develop a Claim Assessment

The foundation of any solid argument centers around its claim and the reasons that support it. In this
assessment, you'll create your claim and list the reasons for your claim based on one of the following
prompts:
Prompt #1: Prompt #2: Prompt #3:

Julius Caesar "The Minister's Black Veil" "Seven Floors"

Many scholars feel that Many scholars feel that Hawthorne Many scholars feel that Buzzati
Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar as wrote "The Minister's Black Veil" as wrote "Seven Floors" as an allegory
a warning about what would an allegory for the flaws and for the progression of life and the
happen if Elizabethan England secrets all humans choose to hide. acceptance of aging. Choose three
were to engage in a Civil War. Choose three literary elements in literary elements in this short story
Choose three literary elements in this short story that you find to be that you find to be the most
this tragedy that you find to be the the most effective in achieving this effective in achieving this purpose
most effective in achieving this purpose and provide textual and provide textual evidence to
purpose and provide textual evidence to defend your choices. defend your choices.
evidence to defend your choices.

Which prompt did you select for this assessment (1, 2, or 3)?

My Prompt (2)

My Claim Type your one sentence claim: in "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel
Hawthrone uses the three appearing elements like symbolism , irony and
Write one sentence that
setting this story to create a deeper meaning in the story.
includes:

o the author's name

o the title of the work
o the literary elements you
selected
o the effect of the literary
elements on the text

Reason #1 What is the first reason for your claim?

In one sentence, explain how symbolism is developed with the authors allegory by, the black veil
the first literary element in holding a deeper meaning of sin and the fear of confronting them.
your claim worked to develop
your author's allegory.
Provide one piece of evidence from your text that supports this reason:
“There was but one thing remarkable about his appearance.
Swathed about his forehead, and hanging down over his face so
 low as to be shaken by his breath, Mr. Hooper had on a black
veil. On a nearer view it seemed to consist of two folds of crape,
which entirely concealed his features, except the mouth and
chin, but probably did not intercept his sight, further than to give
a darkened aspect to all living and inanimate things.”

What is the second reason for your claim?

The story is rife with irony, particularly situational irony. The irony lies in
the fact that the community, which is supposed to be pious, is ironically
more afraid of the minister’s visible sin than they are of the hidden sins
Reason #2 they themselves possess.

In one sentence, explain how

the second literary element in Provide one piece of evidence from your text that supports this reason:
your claim worked to develop “he people hurried out with indecorous confusion, eager to
your author's allegory. communicate their pent-up amazement, and conscious of lighter
spirits the moment they lost sight of the black veil. Some
gathered in little circles, huddled closely together, with their
mouths all whispering in the center; some went homeward
alone, rapt in silent meditation; some talked loudly, and profane
the Sabbath day with ostentatious laughter.”

Reason #3 What is the third reason for your claim?( judgement society) meaning?no
context
In one sentence, explain how
the third literary element in
your claim worked to develop
The New England setting , a puritan community, amplifies the theme of
your author's allegory.
hidden sins and societal judgment. The rigid social norms and the
emphasis on conformity create an environment where individuals are
expected to hide their flaws.

Provide one piece of evidence from your text that supports this reason:
“By the aid of his mysterious emblem—for there was no other
apparent cause—he became a man of awful power over souls
that were in agony for sin. His converts always regarded him
with a dread peculiar to themselves, affirming, though
figuratively, that before he brought them to celestial light they
 had been with him behind the black veil.”

Develop a Claim Rubric

On Target Almost There Needs Improvement

5-4 points 3 points 2-0 points

● The claim is one sentence in ● The claim is one sentence, ● The claim may be missing or
length and includes the but may be missing one or unrelated to the three
Claim author and title of the work, more of the following prompt choices.
(5 points) the literary elements elements: the author, title,
● The claim may illustrate a
selected, and the effect of literary elements, and/or
those elements on the text. effect of the elements on the lack of understanding of the
text. text or the literary elements.
● The claim makes appropriate
use of academic language ● The claim may include
and a formal tone. opinion or informal
language.
15-12 points 11-9 points 8-0 points

● Three reasons are included ● The chart may be missing a ● The chart may be missing
and are directly tied to the reason, or the reasons (with two or more reasons, or the
Reasons to
claim's selected literary literary elements) are not reasons are unrelated to the
Support Claim
elements and are insightfully clearly related to the claim. prompt and claim.
(15 points) expressed in a complete
● One or more reasons may be ● The chart may be missing
sentence.
missing textual evidence for most or all textual support
● Each reason contains at least support. for each reason.
one piece of specific textual
evidence to support it.