Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your
attached file (not the subject header of your e-mail) should be:
- F16-215-P5-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F16-215-P5-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class
- length: 600-1000ish
- Sources: Use only the sources mentioned in the individual topics below
- In-text Citations
- you must have in-text citations for your sources of information (facts, theories, parts of myths, etc.)
- every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph)
- since each topic focuses on one ancient text, mention the author (if unknown, indicate that) and work in your introduction; for your in-text citation, just give the line numbers and page numbers, e.g. Thecla, dressed as a man, found Paul in Myra (287–290, 641)
- Works Cited "Page" reminders:
- to save paper, don't put on a separate page
- in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
- use hanging indents
- works' cited entries for ancient authors from Maurizio's text book should follow the same format as the following example (for author, work, translator, etc. see xi–xiii): Virgil. The Aeneid. Transl. Frederick Ahl. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford University Press. 2008. In Classical Myth in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016. Print.
- writing intensive:
- Don't forget to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
- print this out and bring this to your writing lab conference and have the tutor sign here: _______________________
Write on one of the following topics:
- Thecla: Examine the selection from "The Acts of Paul and Thecla," (Maurizio, 634–642) with regard to the Edwards' ideas (see pp 623–629). Either in your introduction or in the main body of your essay, detail what Edwards' ideas are.
- Iphigenia: Examine the selection from Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris, (Maurizio, 613–619) with regard to the Edwards' ideas (see pp 623–629). Either in your introduction or in the main body of your essay, detail what Edwards' ideas are.
