Otacilia Severa, wife of Emperor Philip I, Image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen,
games for Rome's 1000th birthday. Image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen,
F18-CLA228
Paper 1
Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your
attached file should be:
- F18-228-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F18-228-P1-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class
- length: 600-1000ish
- Citing primary sources (from Greco-Roman World):
- basic rule: ancient author (if there is one), ancient work (in italics), number of work (if given or appropriate), modern author, page number(s)
- parts of these may be given in your sentence versus the in-text citation
- Example 1a: The noise in ancient Rome would be a reason not to visit as it would be hard to get a good night’s sleep (Martial, Epigrams 12.57, Shelton, 70).
- Example 1b: Martial mention in Epigram 12.57 that it was so noisy he wasn’t able to sleep at all while staying in Rome, so, when he wanted a good night’s sleep, he went to his mansion in the countryside (Shelton, 70)!
- Works Cited “Page” reminders:
- to save paper, don’t put on a separate page
- in the same font as your main text
- use hanging indents
- use MLA 8th edition (see syllabus for how the entry for Shelton’s book should look)
- 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 the following topic:
Time Travel Study Abroad Program: It is the summer of 2119 and you have the opportunity to participate in a summer travel program in ancient Rome (early Empire). Would you go based on what you have learned about the city of Rome and life in it in Kebric’s book (pp 1–8) and Shelton’s book (pp 59–71)? Make sure you give pertinent examples from the primary sources from both Kebric’s and Shelton’s books from the pages mentioned earlier. Also make sure you use more than one primary source author (not just from Juvenal, for example).