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 2
Directions:
- electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your
attached file should be:
- F18-228-P2-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F18-228-P2-Leuci, Victor)
- paper copy: bring to class
- length: 600-1000ish
- Concrete examples and in-text citations
- For how much incorrect in-text citations and incorrect works cited entries will affect one's grade, see the pdf in Canvas.
- There should be 2 or more concrete examples with in-text citations per paragraph
- In-text citing of 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); but 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 mentions 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)!
- basic rule: ancient author (if there is one), ancient work (in italics), number of work (if given or appropriate), modern author, page number(s); but parts of these may be given in your sentence versus the in-text citation
- In-text citing sources from web sites: if known, give modern author; if not, then give first part of title in quote marks
- Resource for other examples: click here for Purdue's OWL
- 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)
- Resource for examples: click here for Purdue's OWL
- 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:
- Compare and/or contrast some aspect(s) of slavery in the Roman World [use only primary sources from Shelton, Ch VIII] with slavery today [only use the linked materials for the Sept 13th class period as your source material for today and/or the BBC story about one person's ordeal as a slave (click here) and/or the BBC videos (Click here)]. Conclusions?