The chorus is an important element of drama. in antigone, it serves multiple purposes, such as providing background information about events that occurred before the start of the play. which lines in this excerpt from antigone serve the purpose of describing recent events? chorus: but ere a torch our crown of towers could burn, ere they had tasted of our blood, they turn forced by the dragon; in their rear the din of ares panic-struck they hear. for zeus who hates the braggart's boast beheld that gold-bespangled host; as at the goal the paean they upraise, he struck them with his forked lightning blaze. to earthy from earth rebounding, down he crashed; the fire-brand from his impious hand was dashed, as like a bacchic reveler on he came, outbreathing hate and flame, and tottered. elsewhere in the field, here, there, great area like a war-horse wheeled; beneath his car down thrust our foemen bit the dust. seven captains at our seven gates thundered; for each a champion waits, each left behind his armor bright, trophy for zeus who turns the fight; save two alone, that ill-starred pair one mother to one father bare, who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother. now victory to thebes returns again and smiles upon her chariot-circled plain. now let feast and festal should memories of war blot out. let us to the temples throng, dance and sing the live night long. god of thebes, lead thou the round. bacchus, shaker of the ground!

Write 2. using what you have learned about evidence, explanation, quotations, and paraphrase, write your body paragraphs in the space below. muir and wordsworth you will need to include at least one of each of the following: a direct quotation introduced with a complete sentence and a colon a direct quotation introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence a paraphrased example an embedded quotation locate 3. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a complete sentence and a colon. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 4. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 5. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence. copy and paste it here. 6. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one paraphrased example and copy and paste it here. 7. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one embedded quotation and copy and paste it here. 8. using techniques learned in this lesson, write the conclusion to your essay in the space below. 9. how did you connect your introduction and your conclusion? (did you use a similar technique, repetition of a significant word or phrase, explain. 10. copy and paste the words or sentence that signals closure of your essay. 11. copy and paste the sentences that synthesize your ideas. remember, synthesis combines the main ideas of your essay and comments on the significance of those ideas. 12. copy and paste the sentences that answer the question from the prompt: what conclusion or implications can you draw? (it is ok if you have these sentences as a part of your synthesis or challenge to your audience. include them here as well. it is also ok if these sentences are separate from those two elements.) 13. copy and paste the sentences from your conclusion that challenge your audience to think, feel, or do something.