Daily Life Essay Expectations

Your primary goal in the Daily Life in Athens essay assignment is to provide an accurate overview of your specific topic, building off of evidence available in the Greenwood Daily Life database. This is not an argumentative essay, but rather a report. Your job is to distill the available information into a concise synopsis.

The specific expectations for the essay are:

• Minimum one page, double-spaced
• Minimum two direct quotes from the Daily Life database (unless other sources are approved by DW)
• Consistent use of specific details throughout
• Clear organization (even though this is not an argumentative essay, a short introduction is still handy to provide an overview of your topic; body paragraphs should still be organized around central themes or issues)
• MLA formatting (heading, parenthetical citation)
• Hard copy to Dave; also post to blog
• Due beginning of class on Monday