Epic Conventions: The hero is a figure of great national or even cosmic importance, usually the ideal man of his culture. He often has superhuman or divine traits. He has an imposing physical stature and is greater in all ways than the common man. The setting is vast in scope. It covers great geographical distances, perhaps even visiting the underworld, other worlds, other times. The action consists of deeds of valor or superhuman courage (especially in battle). Supernatural forces interest themselves in the action and intervene at times. The intervention of the gods is called "machinery."

The hero is a figure of great national or even cosmic importance, usually the ideal man of his culture. He often has superhuman or divine traits. He has an imposing physical stature and is greater in all ways than the common man. He is mortal, overcomes all that get in his way of achieving a goal, and can transcend earth Written in Old English

 Alliteration:  Kenning  Simile  Caesura

These poems are characterized by a tone of longing and sadness “The Seafarer” “Wife’s Lament” “The Wanderer”

 Canterbury Tales  By Chaucer Written in rhymed iambic pentameter, Chaucer writes of the pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Beckett

 The prologue:  Set up the frame of the story  Described the time of year the story took place  Explained the contest  “Pardoner’s Tale” Corruption of the church  “Wife of Bath” What do women desire most?

 Morality Play  Allegory

 Protestant Reformation  Henry VIII  Recognition of corruption in the Catholic Church

The widespread belief in personal ability and the potential of the individual had its roots in humanism HUMANISM: An intellectual movement in which writers and artists sought to merge the lessons of Latin and Greek classics with the teachings of Christianity. Poetic patterns combined with complex subject matter

 From the Italian meaning “little song”  ALL sonnets have the following:  Iambic Pentameter  Strict rhyme scheme  14 lines  Lyric poem

 “Sonnet 30”  By Edmund Spencer  “My love is like to ice, and I to fire... “

 “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” by John Donne  “Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show /to move, but doth, if th’ other do”

 “On My First Son” by  Ben Jonson  “Rest in soft peace, and asked, say ‘Here doth lie /Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry;”

 In medias res (in the middle)  Literary Epic poem  The speaker invokes the Muse or a divine being to speak through the poet  Characterized by  Epic similes (extended comparisons between dissimilar things)  Allusion (references to biblical characters and events, classical, mythological)

 “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love” by  Christopher Marlow  “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh

 “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick  “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell

STEP ONE: Prewriting and Planning A. Chose and limit your topic B. Identify sources that will be helpful Complete bibliography cards Evaluate sources C. Take notes Summarize, Paraphrase, Quote AVOID PLAGIARISM

 STEP TWO: Prewriting: Developing an Outline  A. Develop and outline  B. Develop a thesis statement

 STEP THREE: DRAFTING  A. Write from an outline  B. Manage information  C. Draft Introduction and conclusion

 STEP FOUR: CITING SOURCES  A. Document information  B. Format your citations  C. Insert parenthetical documentation  D. Create your Works Cited list

 STEP FIVE: REVISING  Revise the research paper  Organization  Word choice  Paragraph support  Introduction  Transitions  Conclusion

 STEP SIX: EDITING AND PRESENTING  A. Use an editing checklist  Words omitted?  Typing errors?  Punctuation correct?  Proper nouns capitalized?  Sources documented?  Pagination?