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:
  • F18-215-P1-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F18-215-P1-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)
  • if the source provides the internal numbering, then provide that along with the page number, e.g. "From the Muses of Helicon let us begin our singing" (Hesiod, Theogony, 1; Maurizio, 56).
  • if the source does not provide the internal numbering, then just give the page number, e.g. "They came across two fallen trees with their roots ripped out of the ground; one was an ash, the other an elm" (Leonard, 61).
• 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 Mythology in Context. Lisa Maurizio. New York: Oxford University Press. 2015 (or 2016 depending on what your copy says).
  • works' cited entry for "A Taste of Earth" should be similar to what you do for Maurizio's text: start with the information at the bottom of page 144, then: In Myth & Knowing. Scott Leonard & Michael McClure. Boston: McGraw Hill. 2004.
• 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:

• Creation of humans: Compare and/or contrast the creation of humans (or women in the case of Hesiod) for 2-3 of those listed below. What conclusions can you draw?
  • Greek (Theogony, ll 466-496, Maurizio, 67-68);
  • Hebrew (Genesis, 2:7-24, Maurizio, 92);
  • Norse (Leonard, 61);
  • Vietnamese (Leonard, 151-152);
  • Mayan (Leonard, 97-98).
• Hymns: Compare and/or contrast the hymns by Prithivi and the Yogins (Leonard, 82-83) with that by Hesiod (Theogony, ll 1-94 and 333-372, Maurizio, 56-58 & 64-65). Conclusions?

Don't forget to check your notes or the document in Canvas for how to organize your paper.