CMLIT 108U-Indicate to what extent you agree or disagree

Question # 00430533 Posted By: rey_writer Updated on: 11/25/2016 08:03 AM Due on: 11/25/2016
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CRITIQUE the essay below:

Indicate to what extent you agree or disagree with the statements made in the following essay.

Point out any mistakes you find in the content or structure of the essay.

Write your critique in essay form.

Must be 350 to 500 word in length


Essay to critique:


Mawu-Lisa in the Dahomean Narrative starts by assigning each of her children a specific realm. The divine children are all given different languages and cannot communicate with each other. Legba is the only one who speaks all of the languages and is a messenger among the Gods. This gives Legba a great deal of power.

Sogbo and Sagbata engage in power struggles over who will control the rain. This is particularly important for humans because without the rain, they cannot grow crops. Sagbata teaches humans how to perform the ritual of burying the calabash when they want rain. Humans learn that they must appeal to the Gods to get a favorable result in the natural world.

Mawu-Lisa sends Gu, who is made of iron. He represents metal tools, which humans use to cultivate the soil and plant. Mawu wants humans to succeed and thrive.

People are also taught how to worship the But they are also taught that they cannot be equal to God. When Awe learns magic from Legba and then challenges Mawu, he is going beyond the limits of what humans are permitted to do. He makes human figures out of clay, but cannot bring them to life. Mawu is able to plant, grow, and harvest corn all in one day. This shows that Mawu controls the natural world. Humans can use the resources, but they cannot control nature. In the end, people have to agree that they must die, but in exchange, Death allows them to cook their food. Without cooking, people would die. So cooking is life. This is an important part of the ordering of the world.


Critique Guide and Rubric

Description
Over the course of the semester you will engage in FOUR essay/critique activities - one activity per unit.

  • For two of those activities you will be required to WRITE an essay [see below for details]
  • For two of those activities you will be required to CRITIQUE an essay [see below for details]

The class will be divided into two groups. Groups will be assigned to either WRITE and essay or CRITIQUE an essay in alternating units. EACH essay/critique is worth 10 points.

Guidelines
You will be asked to write a critique of an essay that is posted on the course site. Your critique should:

  • critique the essay in terms of content and format using the guidelines above
    • e.g. is the content well organized and structured; were all parts of the question addressed by the essay; are there are better examples from the unit than those used in the posted essay. You should note this and explain why the examples you have selected are better.
  • be well organized and structured

Details
CRITIQUES must be submitted by the date and time indicated on the SYLLABUS

Scoring Considerations: critiques will be scored based on the precision and thoroughness of your critique, consideration of examples taken from the myths, and overall quality (including grammar and spelling) as follows:

CRITIQUE Criteria

Clearly Evidenced

Partly Evidenced

Not Clearly Evidenced

Comment on Introduction

1 point

.5 point

0 points

Comment on Thesis Statement

2 points

1 point

0 points

Comment on/Alternate Examples

4 points

2-3 points

0-1 points

Comment on the Conclusion

1 point

.5 point

0 points

Grammar/spelling

1 point

.5 point

0 points

Essay structure

1 point

.5 point

0 points

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