Name: _______________________________________ Period: 1 3 4 5 6 Character Archetypes Essay Directions: You will be writing an essay analyzing a character archetype (other than the hero) in your summer reading book. Goals of this essay include: Prompt: to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of several character archetypes to provide evidence from the book proving how characters display characteristics of the archetype to show quality writing by using a strong thesis statement, solid topic sentences, effective transitions between sentences and paragraphs, MLA-style parenthetical citations, and minimal grammatical mistakes o capitalization o punctuation o italicizing or underlining titles of books o accurate spelling o mix of simple, compound, and complex sentences (sentence variety) Write a multi-paragraph essay identifying two character archetypes (other than the hero) from your summer reading book. You must provide at least one piece of evidence establishing each character as that archetype. Important dates: Monday, Sept. 15th: First draft of essay is due typed (minimum of four paragraphs, double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font) and printed out. We will do some revision activities in class that day. Tuesday, Sept. 16th: Revising rough draft in class Friday, Sept. 19th: Type final draft in class. Final draft must be turned in to your online portfolio by 10 pm on Monday, Sept. 22.