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Etheridge

Freshman English

Spring 2004

Mock Epic Assignment

Mock epic: A literary form that makes fun of the epic by treating a trivial subject in the “grand style” of the epic. It uses the forms/devices of the epic

(the Invocation of the muse, the vast setting, the heroic characters) to make fun of both the epic form itself and the subject matter it mocks.

Assignment : You are to create your own mock epic in a “poem” of 75 lines

. (You don’t

Requirements : have to make it rhyme or to adhere to any strict poetic form. Just set it up in verse, rather than in paragraphs.

1) You must create your own epic hero.

2) You must place him/her in some vast setting.

3) You must place some obstacle/obstacles in his/her path.

4) Your hero must overcome that obstacle.

5) You must make fun of something.

6) You must type the mock epic.

7) Your mock epic must have a creative, interesting title.

Due Dates: Thursday 2/26 Brainstorm

Friday 2/27 Character traits, setting, obstacles list due

Monday

Tuesday

3/1

3/2

First 25 lines due

Rough draft due

Wednesday 3/3 Final draft due

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