CLT 3378 FSU The Gods Play an Essential Role in A Heros Story Essay This class ancient mythology: East and WestI uploaded the instructions down below. Page

CLT 3378 FSU The Gods Play an Essential Role in A Heros Story Essay This class ancient mythology: East and WestI uploaded the instructions down below. Page
2) The thesis statement should appear in the introductory paragraph to your essay.
3) Write an essay supporting your thesis.
4) The Essay Assignment must be at least 1500 words long. It must not be shorter than 1500
words, and it should not be more than 2000 words.
5) You should submit your essay as a Microsoft Word document, double spaced, with 12 point
font and one-inch margins on the right and left. Include a word count for your essay.
6) Please include the following information at the top of page 1 of your essay:
Essay Assignment
your name
CLT3378-01
your email adddress
Summer 2020
your word count
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Essay Assignment
CLT3378-01
Summer 2020
your name
your email adddress
your word count
7) Submit your essay by uploading the file containing your essay to the Essay Assignment
Turnitin link in the Writing Assignments section (under Assignments) of the course website.
8) Name the file you submit to Turnitin “Essay Assignment, your name” (i.e., Essay Draft, Maria
Perez).
B. Structure of Essay Assignment
1) Your essay should consist of:
a) an introductory paragraph (with your thesis statement)
b) at least three supporting paragraphs (each with a subthesis statement)
c) a concluding paragraph
2) Each paragraph of the essay must have at least five sentences.
3) Your chosen thesis statement should not be reworded; it can appear near the beginning or the
near the end of the introductory paragraph.
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you offer your own thoughts, be sure you support them with evidence from the readings or
lectures.
16) Important: Stay away from any information you see on the web! It is often wrong, and it
will be obvious to your grader that you got your information from the web and not from the
assigned myths and readings. If you depend on the web for the information in your essays, your
grade will suffer.
C. Common Grading Rubric
1) Be sure to read carefully the Common Grading Rubric file. This is the rubric upon which
essay grading is ultimately based for all sections of CLT3378 (Ancient Mythology), regardless of
section, semester, or instructor. (The List of Errors builds upon this grading rubric.)
2) Pay especially close attention to what the requirements are for the “A/A-” paper:
“Mechanics: Sentence structure, grammar, and diction excellent; correct use of punctuation
and citation style; minimal to no spelling errors; absolutely no run-on sentences or comma
splices.”
This means that if there are more than a very few spelling or grammatical errors in your essay, you
CANNOT receive an A or A-.
3) Therefore, in order to give yourself at least the chance to receive the best possible grade on your
essay, make sure your essay has as few spelling or grammatical errors as possible! For your
essay, be sure to use “spell check” on your computer. But also read your essay aloud several times
and try to catch any remaining spelling or grammatical errors. Be sure also to read the How to
Avoid the Most Common Grammatical Errors file.
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4) Each supporting paragraph must contain a subthesis (which is usually the first sentence or first
two sentences of the supporting paragraph).
5) Each subthesis must refer in some way to BOTH works you have chosen for your essay.
6) Each supporting paragraph, therefore, must discuss BOTH works.
7) The best subtheses focus on a single similarity or a single difference. For example, a
subthesis could be: “One similarity between Gilgamesh and Buluqiya is that they are both
searching for immortality.” Or you could flip this idea and instead have your subthesis focus on a
difference: “Gilgamesh and Buluqiya differ in the exact kind of immortality that they seek.”
8) Each supporting paragraph must include at least TWO direct quotations, one from each
work. The quotations must support the subthesis of the paragraph.
9) DO NOT DIVIDE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS IN TWO! For the purposes of this
assignment, it does not matter how long supporting paragraphs are (although if a supporting
paragraph is much over a page in length, then your subthesis is likely too general). Make sure
you discuss BOTH works in each supporting paragraph, and make sure you have at least one
quotation from BOTH works in each supporting paragraph. If you divide supporting paragraphs
in two (i.e., if you discuss the Epic of Gilgamesh in one paragraph and the Beowulf poem in
another), you WILL lose points on your essay.
10) For the direct quotations, please read carefully the Guide to Quotations file.
11) You do NOT need a works cited page or bibliography, and you do NOT need footnotes.
12) Thus, a formula for writing a supporting paragraph is:
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