Writing Prompt on Page 125

Explain the role of irony in the acts of Miller’s play you have read to this point. Consider how this device contributes to characterization, creates a response in the reader, and helps convey a social message. Be sure to:

• Include a clearly articulated thesis that serves as the focus of your writing by stating the effect of irony on characterization, the reader, and the social message.

• Cite quotations that serve as evidence of irony and accompanying commentary/analysis that interprets each example of irony using analytical verbs such as suggests, reveals, shows, symbolizes, illustrates, and represents.

• Vary syntactic structure by including clearly stated claims and complex sentences with embedded quotations. Sentence should have varied beginnings as well.