The Four Square Structure: Helps develop thorough and insightful commentary. This creates an analytical paragraph!
Quotation:
“David Koresh, we believe, gave the order to commit suicide and they all willingly followed.”
Assertion: (that contains an inference about the subject):
David Koresh was a mad man who took power to his head and abused it for all the wrong reasons.
Context: David Koresh was taking his power to his head and abusing it to persuade his followers..
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Commentary: (interpretation, explanation, analysis – you’re explaining something)
Explain how and why the quotation is related to the subject.
David had 80 followers including 17 children. He self-prescribed himself as a messiah
