Literary Function Paragraphs (The Ramayana Version)
This assignment should build on your Gilgamesh Figurative Language and Tone Paragraph feedback .
Due: Wed. 11/12 10pm
Word Limit: 800 words (10% either side is fine)
Out of: 75 points – 5 points based on a visit to my office with a rough draft.
Question: How does The Ramayana exhibit aspects of the purposes of myth?
Purposes of Myth Review:
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Entertainment
Comfort / solace
Explain the unexplainable
Create a shared history
Develop a community identity
Provide role models – teach lessons about human behavior
You will be graded on the following:
How well does your thesis follow the provided model? 5%
How well developed are this assignment’s topic sentences? 10%
How well developed are this assignment’s quote set ups? 15%
How well chosen are this assignment’s quotes? 10%
How well developed are this assignments literary function sections? 20%
How well developed are this assignment’s explanation sections? 20%
How well developed is this assignment’s transition? 10%
How well edited is this assignment? 10%
Did you visit me with a rough draft in enough time to improve your work? 0 points or 5 points
Structure:
*Thesis: Your thesis will be a separate sentence from your 2 paragraphs and will take the following
form:
The Ramayana exhibits ___________________________ and _________________________.
Each blank gets one of the purposes of myth listed on the other side of this sheet.
Paragraph #1:
TS – The topic sentence combines purpose #1 with the example from quote #1.
QSU – answers who, what, when, where regarding context for quote #1
Q#1 – Quotes should be:
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the appropriate length
properly cited
well-chosen with literary elements to write about in them
connected to the purpose of myth used in this paragraph’s topic sentence
LF – Needs to analyze at least 3 literary elements of the quote…well.
EXP – needs to show how the literary function analysis helps to support how the quote proves the
purpose of myth is in The Ramayana.
*Trans – This sentence (or sentences) needs to show the similarities and differences between the
purposes of myth and the examples in each paragraph
Paragraph #2:
TS – The topic sentence combines purpose #2 with the example from quote #2.
QSU – answers who, what, when, where regarding context for quote #2
Q#2 – Quotes should be:
-
the appropriate length
properly cited
well-chosen with literary elements to write about in them
connected to the purpose of myth used in this paragraph’s topic sentence
LF – Needs to analyze at least 3 literary elements of the quote…well.
EXP – needs to show how the literary function analysis helps to support how the quote proves the
purpose of myth is in The Ramayana.
*New aspects of the analytic structure