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Ovid Essay
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Possible topics:
--Pride/hubris (Phaethon, Semele)
--Stories in which people ask for inappropriate gifts from the gods
--The gods and justice (innocent victims subject to the gods’ wrath): Callisto, Io, Daphne, Actaeon Name:
Ms. Tarpey
English I
Date:
Paragraph: Ovid
Please follow the steps below and write an analytical paragraph in which you discuss a topic listed above. Your paragraph must include a clear topic sentence in which you make an assertion about the story; specific examples from the text (quotes are the best, and a lack of quotes will weaken your analysis); analysis and discussion of those examples; and a concluding or evaluative sentence. Your goal is to explain how one should understand the lesson in the story or the character’s experience.
For example, if you were writing about “Daphne and Apollo,” you might select to defend either of the characters. Your paragraph would have to consider all of the information in the text and provide insight into it. You might conclude that Cupid is responsible, or that Apollo began the entire series of events, or that Daphne suffers unjustly. Whatever position you choose, you must provide evidence/quotes/facts from the text to support your assertion.
Step 1: Select one story for analysis: SEE LIST ABOVE
Step 2: List as many facts/examples/details about this story (at least six):
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______Step 3: Identify the two to four strongest points/examples and formulate an argument/thesis.
Step 4: Write a topic sentence. Use an action verb and use present tense.
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Step 5: Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use your arguments and examples to analyze the character you selected and to prove your theory about that character.