Hero Cycle Essay
- Due Jan 6, 2023 by 11:59pm
- Points 25
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- Available Jan 6, 2023 at 12am - Jan 13, 2023 at 11:59pm
This essay is due on Friday, January 6th. Make good use of your time today and finish by the end of this class period!
Explain how The Odyssey and a modern epic of your choice illustrate Joseph Campbell's Heroic Cycle. This should include common elements found in the beginning, middle, and end of the hero cycle. Refer to your Heroic Cycle Final Paper Outline to help you. Don't forget to include in-text citations!
Need to review The Odyssey? Here's the link (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. to the short summaries. Only focus on the parts we read in class.
Need to review Joseph Campbell's Hero Cycle? Use your Hero Cycle diagram
Download Hero Cycle diagram or this link for a more detailed version
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Download this link for a more detailed version.
Here's an example of a completed Heroic Cycle Essay on Elf Links to an external site.. Don't use Elf as your Modern Epic!
CITING YOUR SOURCES
In-text citations should identify authors/sources in the text of the essay using one of these methods:
- In-text Author Tag: Book I of The Odyssey begins with Homer’s prayer: “Sing in me, Muse, and through me…”
- Parenthetical: Book I of The Odyssey begins, “Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story…” (Homer).
Your Works Cited page should be on a separate page after your essay. Refer to the reminders on your Heroic Cycle Final Paper. You should end up with at least three sources (see links below). Use Mybib.com to help you with your works cited list. If Mybib is not working, try Citation Machine.
CITE THIS HERO CYCLE ARTICLE using this website: Joseph Campell's Hero Cycle (Links to an external site.)
CITE THE ODYSSEY: Use the Collections Textbook. Choose the Book Chapter option on mybib. Below is source information from the textbook in case you aren't at school:
- Title of book: Collections Grade 9
- Published 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company
- Place: Orlando, Florida
- Chapter title: from the Odyssey
- Book author (original author): Homer
- Chapter author: Robert Fitzgerald
- Pages 369-416
CITE YOUR MODERN EPIC
Use this mental checklist Links to an external site. to make sure you have everything you need.
Rubric
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Focus
The response is fully sustained and consistently and purposefully focused. Clearly introduces the topic; addresses all aspects of the prompt appropriately; main idea is focused and communicated within the audience, purpose, and task.
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Organization
The response has a clear and effective organizational structure. Organizes complex ideas, concepts, and information; consistently and effectively uses appropriate and varied transitions in and among paragraphs to link the major sections of the text and create cohesion; provides an effective concluding statement or section that supports the topic.
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Evidence
The response provides thorough and convincing evidence for the main idea.
Thoroughly develops the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the topic.
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Elaboration
The response achieves substantial depth by using precise language and elaborative techniques:
Effective use of precise language and vocabulary to manage the topic.
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Conventions
The response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions:
Some errors in usage and sentence formation may be present, but no systematic pattern of errors; adequate use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
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In-text Citations
Correct author tags or parentheticals for at least three sources: The Odyssey, The Heroic Cycle, Modern Epic
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Works Cited Page
Correct source information for at least three sources: The Odyssey, The Heroic Cycle, Modern Epic
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