A Stitch in Time

Drafting Phase II – Commentary and Connections

At this point, your house is taking shape. From the outside, it seems nearly complete. Inside, you still need to plaster and paint the walls, add flooring and moldings, and put in kitchen and bathroom fixtures. In other words, you need to add detail and evidence to finish it out. Click below to view your choices in the type of presentation you can use for your project.

Presentation Form Selection

Once you have selected your presentation method, you can take each part of the drafting table and convert it into a section of text, which will be added to your presentation either as oral text or written text. Do this by adding sentences and phrases that connect your ideas. Think of this process as stitching together the seams of your presentation. You want your presentation to appear smooth and seamless. Remember, you can make changes to the sentences you added to the chart for the sake of clarity and flow. If you select option B, write out the script that will accompany each slide, and practice reading it aloud. Your script will be turned in with your presentation. If you select option C, you will also need to decide on a way to visually present your transitions and ideas.

As you draft the next part:

• Use ACTION verbs (avoid: is, are, was, were, be, am, being, been).
• Use TRANSITION words (open the Transition Reference now).

Read the Introduction paragraph that follows and see how many active verbs you can identify.

carries, scorn, obsesses, will leave, aches, loom, copes, revolves

How would you revise the paragraph in question 1 above by adding transitions from the Transition Reference?

To be obsessed with mortality or not to be, is not in question at all in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Indeed, Hamlet, like a rejected lover who carries photographs and letters of the woman who scorns him, obsesses over a mistress who will leave him in the dust, the lady Death. From the start of the play Hamlet aches from his father’s death and his need to avenge it. His own death also looms large in his mind as he copes with his inability to act and later the consequences of his foolish actions. Without a doubt, Shakespeare’s Hamlet revolves around the Latin concept of memento mori, or the remembrance of mortality, which is seen in the symbols and events of the play, as well as the motivations of the main character.