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The Odyssey: Passages Essay
For this assignment, you will write a comparison or comparison/contrast essay on a pair of related passages. Choose ONE pair of passages: A, B, C, or D.
· Your essay should consist of a full introductory paragraph (not just a thesis statement) and two body paragraphs.
· This time around no conclusion is necessary.
Your job is to:
· Identify an important idea that the two passages share, and then explain how each passage develops that idea.
· Analyze closely: move beyond paraphrase by explaining the significance of the passages’ words, phrases, and images.
By “full introductory paragraph,” I mean one that begins by identifying the general topic of both passages and makes an assertion about why that topic is important in The Odyssey at large. Then, through a well-controlled series of increasingly specific statements, arrive at your thesis: the controlling arguable (not self-evident) claim that your analysis will demonstrate.
· Your first paragraph should begin with a specific topic sentence, one that states the important idea (not a one-word topic or theme) that stems from the thesis.
· Then proceed to introduce, cite, and analyze a minimum of two embedded quotations.
· Open your second paragraph with a strong transition off the previous paragraph, securely “linking” the second paragraph to the first.
Make sure each paragraph:
· Is double-spaced and formatted according to the Writing Checklist.
· Avoids unnecessary plot summary.
· Contains a minimum of two (2) properly introduced and remarked upon quotations.
· Contains no “floating” (or un-introduced) quotations.
· Contains a minimum of repeated words and phrases from one sentence to another.
· Contains no sentences that begin with “This” used ambiguously.
· Consists of no more than 10 sentences.
Note: you will post your final draft on turnitin.com