Writing Homework Help

PART 1: short-answer questions (40 points)

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Choose FOUR out of the following seven passages. Identify the quotation and briefly discuss their significance for the larger work from which they have been taken.

For each of your answers, indicate the Option Number of the passage you’ve picked. Please do not pick more than four passages: if you do, Khobaib will choose just four of your answers at random to grade.PART 2: essay (60 points)

Choose ONE out of the following essay prompts to answer.

PART 2: Essay (60 points)

(Option A)
In their own ways, both Aristophanes and Thucydides believe there is a basic human nature common to Athenians and Spartans alike. How do their respective understandings of human nature affect their visions of politics?

(Option B)
Consider the depictions of Athenian democracy in the works of Aristophanes and Thucydides. What concerns about Athenian democracy do the two authors share, and in what ways – if any – do their critiques differ?

Your essay should develop one coherent and persuasive argument. This means it should

• have a clearly identifiable thesis statement: a sentence, customarily found in the introductory paragraph of an essay, that serves as a summary of the specific position you are taking on the question being asked
• in fact make a case for the argument advertised in the thesis statement, drawing relevant evidence from the reading we’ve done so far for POL S 187 to support your claims
• is well-organized and has a logical flow
• have a conclusion

Ideally, it should also

• engage critically with the course material and essay topic, demonstrating nuanced and accurate analysis
• lend some original insight into the question it seeks to address. It should answer the question, “So what?”