Section 2: Section Diagnostic

Prompt

Analyze Antigone’s argument around the issue of burying Polynices’s body. Write a well-developed response explaining the following:

• Antigone’s perspective, position, and major claims and the evidence she uses to support them.

• How Antigone uses rhetorical appeals in her argument.

• How Antigone responds to counterclaims posed by others.

• Which thematic ideas are most important to Antigone’s argument and why.

In your response, be sure to do the following:

• Support your analysis with relevant evidence from the play, using proper citations.

• Refer to thematic ideas that relate to Antigone’s argument.

• Use content and academic words from your Vocabulary Journal where appropriate.

• Use appropriate syntax, grammar, and mechanics.