(HI i have attached the essay proposal you should write based off and sources you will be using.)
The directions are below:
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Your paper must be double-spaced in MLA format,
and 2100 words long, excluding the Works Cited page. You may write 250 words under
or over this limit. Your paper must follow the same MLA format guidelines for
the heading as in your Response Papers.
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It must include 10 quotations, including 1-2 quotations from each of
your scholarly sources.
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It must include a Works Cited page in MLA format
after the last page of your paper, listing the three scholarly sources that you
quote in your paper, and the Iliad.
The Works Cited page should be numbered but is not included in your
total word count.
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It must include a title reflecting the contents
of your paper, not a label.
MLA format for books on your Works Cited page:
Author last name, first name. Title of book. City of publication: Publisher. Print Date. Print.
Example:
Kindmeuller, Michelle M. Homer’s Hero: Human Excellence
in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Albany. SUNY Press. 2019. Print.
MLA format for articles on your Works Cited page:
Author last name, first name. “Title of article.” Name of journal. Volume and Number (Volume
date), page numbers. Title of the online content source. Web. Date accessed.
Example:
Kullmann, Wolfgang. “Gods and Men in the Iliad and the
Odyssey.” Harvard Studies in
Classical Philology, vol. 89, 1985, pp. 1–23. JSTOR.
Web. Accessed 20 March 2019.
MLA format for the Iliad on
your Works Cited page:
Book: Homer. The
Iliad. City of publication: Publisher. Print Date. Print.
Online source: Homer. The
Iliad. Title of the online content source. Web. Date accessed.
Instructions for MLA quotation format for quotations from
the Iliad:
Quotations must cite line numbers, not page numbers. Do
not include the title in your quotation, only the book and lines numbers.
1.
Quote three or fewer lines within the body of
your text, enclosed in quotation marks.
Include slashes to indicate line breaks.
Note the placement of the period.
The narrator says: “The goddess
standing behind Peleus’ son caught him by the fair hair, / appearing to him
only, for no man of the others saw her” (1.197-98).
2.
Quote four or more lines in a block quote
indented five spaces, and not enclosed in quotation marks. Do not use slashes. Double-space the block
quote. Note the placement of the
period.
Do not include block quotes of
more than six lines.
The narrator says:
The goddess standing behind Peleus’ son
caught him by the fair hair,
appearing to him only, for no man of
the others saw her.
Achilleus in amazement turned about,
and straightaway
knew Pallas Athene and the terrible
eyes shining. (1.197-200)
For all quotations from scholarly sources:
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Do not quote more than two lines from any
scholarly source.
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Do not include slashes to indicate line breaks.
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Do not put quotations into block quotes.
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For printed sources, cite author’s last name and
page numbers, e.g., (Kullman. 21-22)
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For online sources, cite only author’s last
name, e.g. (Kullman)
Notes:
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Correct MLA format citations, including the
Works Cited page, count as 5% of your grade on this paper.
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If you would like the hard copy of your paper
with my comments, please email me your address.
