Analyze the Prompt

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Analyze the Prompt

• Explain how Homer shows the importance of
  hospitality to the Greek culture.
• Explain how Homer shows the importance of
  hospitality to the Greek culture.

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Topic Sentence

• Include title, author, and theme.
• In The Odyssey, by Homer, the author illustrates
  the importance of hospitality to the Greek
  culture.

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Explanation of the Key Idea

• Define key words in the prompt
• What is hospitality and how is it important to
  the Greek culture
• Guest and host both treated one another with
  great respect.
• OR
• The Greeks believed in good guest/host
  relationship

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Three Details

• One paragraph of analysis requires three details
  with examples for support. Details might include
• Food and Drink
• Clothing
• Gifts
• Sleep
• Protection

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First Detail

• One important aspect of hospitality is the host
  offering food and drink to his guest.
• Provide two or three sentences that explain how
  this practice works include a specific example
  from the text.
• Food before business
• Telemachus greeting of Mentes

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Provide a Specific Example

• For instance, Telemachus offers the stranger
  Mentes food before asking his purpose in visiting.

Use Transitions!
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Analyze the Example

• Homer illustrates that a host should first take
  care of the needs of his guest before moving on
  to discuss important matters.

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Second Detail

• Choose something other than food and drink
• Provide two or three sentences explaining this
  idea
• Provide one example from text
• Analyze that example

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Third Detail

• Choose a third idea from the original list
• Clothing / Sleep / Protection / Gifts
• Provide two or three sentences explaining this
  idea
• Provide one example from text
• Analyze that example

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Concluding Sentence

• No new ideas
• Wrap up the paragraph
• Relate to the opening sentence!

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Follow the Rubric . . .

• to an
• A