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Syllabus Essay 2 Due: Monday 3 October 08:30 Founders College 108 Length: 2 double spaced typewritten pages Topic:
The significance of a less important detail in Suetonius' Augustus. Explain carefully the significance of that detail in Suetonius' Augustus that you selected as the least
important in your first essay. You
may wish to consider such issues as how the detail fits into the shape of
Suetonius' narrative and how this
detail contributes to Suetonius’ picture of his main character and to his
picture of the cultural context into
which he placed his main character. You are expected to pay careful attention to establishing a clearly
defined position (thesis) in your essay and to making sure that your
paragraphs are quite directly related to this position. A helpful hint is that your thesis may,
in fact, be the very last item that you will define in your essay even though
you will place it at the beginning of your paper. You must hand in your first essay attached to this essay. Please no binders! Another
“helpful hint” is to make sure that each of your paragraphs is constructed
around a single, well defined topic.
Place
your name on the First page of your essay. Keep a
copy of Essay 2 Evaluation: 30% of this term’s
essay mark. GUIDE FOR ESSAY 2 1. Title: Have you included your name and your Seminar number
at the head of the first page of your essay? Have you formulated a title for your essay that
clearly relates to the main topic of
your paper? 2.
Introduction: Does your first paragraph begin with a clear statement about the
position which you have taken in your essay? Do the remaining sentences in your first paragraph let the reader know
what to expect in the rest of your essay? Do these sentences let the reader know how you have argued your
position in the rest of your essay? 3. Exposition: Does each of your subsequent paragraphs focus clearly on a topic
mentioned in your introduction? Does each sentence in this paragraph focus on the topic of the
paragraph? Are the sentences in each paragraph made to relate to each other or
are they merely a series of unrelated observations? Is each sentence a complete sentence? 4.
Conclusion: Does your conclusion follow from the evidence on
which you based your exposition? Is it what you
advertised in your introduction? 5.
Syntax and style: Are you
certain that you have noticed the difference between singulars and plurals? Are
most of your verbs active? Have you
used your dictionary, even for looking up ordinary words? 6. Special
reminder: This essay is about Suetonius' Augustus;
don't try to focus on the “real”
Augustus. Do not separate your subjects from their verbs with
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