Mythic Archetype Essay
English 12
OReilly
Use your tasty mythic archetype paragraph and expand it into an essay. Please do not exceed two
pages.
Opening paragraph
5 points_______Add background at the beginning. Let’s make the background anywhere from
1-4 lines. Background is general information—information that is general knowledge and
therefore requires no citing—that orients the reader, lets him know what the essay is about. Fully
introduce both Carol Pearson and her website, The Heroes Within, and also the archetype quiz which
is on the website, Avidtran.
Mention that you took the test and what the results were.
Example Background:
On the website, The Heroes Within, author Carol Pearson outlines twelve archetypes, the
underlying personality traits which can predominate in one’s personality. After taking the
archetype test on the website Avidtran, which determined which archetype is dominant in my
personality, I have to say, I disagree with the test's conclusion.
5 points_______ Use your paragraph topic sentence as your thesis, either a power statement, a
FANBOYS sentence, or a complex sentence.
5 points_______ Add a plan. The plan briefly outlines for the reader what you will be writing
about.
Thesis: My mythic archetype as defined by the test, the warrior, does correspond to my
personality in two very significant ways. Plan: I fit the archetype in that I can set boundaries and
achieve goals.
OR combine the plan with the thesis in one sentence:
My mythic archetype as defined by the test, the warrior, does correspond to my personality in
that I can set boundaries and achieve goals.
2 Body Paragraphs
5 points______Use your key ideas (yellows) from your paragraph to become the topic sentences
of your body paragraphs.
15 points _______ Keep your examples, explanations, and evidence (reds) from your paragraph
and add a few more. Once again, this is where you get creative: add very vivid vignettes,
dialogues, and stories from your life to make your evidence come alive.
10 points________ In each body paragraph, properly cite the text, see your MLA Quickie
Reference for how to integrate quotes.
Example topic sentence (yellow) integrating and citing a quote:
The warrior archetype is depicted as a person who can "set and achieve goals, overcome
obstacles, and persist in difficult times" (Pearson); however, I have never felt very effective in
that area.
Then refute in your reds.
Conclusion:
5 points______ Use your concluding sentence from your paragraph and add a few more
concluding sentences. Restate your main ideas with a different twist.
Works Cited and Bibliography
10 points_____Your Works Cited must have at least three sources that you actually cite in your
paper. Probably the three cites will be Avidran, Heroes Within, and Changing Minds, the three
websites you originally used to write your paragraph. Find them at :
http://avidtran.tripod.com/archetype.html
http://www.herowithin.com/arch101.html
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/characters/pearson_archetypes.htm
Use Knight Cite and your MLA Quickie Reference form to properly format and cite:
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
5 points______Your Bibliography must include at least one other website or text that you
research about mythology or archetypes. You could use your Parallel Myths text.
English 12
OReilly
Use your tasty mythic archetype paragraph and expand it into an essay. Please do not exceed two
pages.
Opening paragraph
5 points_______Add background at the beginning. Let’s make the background anywhere from
1-4 lines. Background is general information—information that is general knowledge and
therefore requires no citing—that orients the reader, lets him know what the essay is about. Fully
introduce both Carol Pearson and her website, The Heroes Within, and also the archetype quiz which
is on the website, Avidtran.
Mention that you took the test and what the results were.
Example Background:
On the website, The Heroes Within, author Carol Pearson outlines twelve archetypes, the
underlying personality traits which can predominate in one’s personality. After taking the
archetype test on the website Avidtran, which determined which archetype is dominant in my
personality, I have to say, I disagree with the test's conclusion.
5 points_______ Use your paragraph topic sentence as your thesis, either a power statement, a
FANBOYS sentence, or a complex sentence.
5 points_______ Add a plan. The plan briefly outlines for the reader what you will be writing
about.
Thesis: My mythic archetype as defined by the test, the warrior, does correspond to my
personality in two very significant ways. Plan: I fit the archetype in that I can set boundaries and
achieve goals.
OR combine the plan with the thesis in one sentence:
My mythic archetype as defined by the test, the warrior, does correspond to my personality in
that I can set boundaries and achieve goals.
2 Body Paragraphs
5 points______Use your key ideas (yellows) from your paragraph to become the topic sentences
of your body paragraphs.
15 points _______ Keep your examples, explanations, and evidence (reds) from your paragraph
and add a few more. Once again, this is where you get creative: add very vivid vignettes,
dialogues, and stories from your life to make your evidence come alive.
10 points________ In each body paragraph, properly cite the text, see your MLA Quickie
Reference for how to integrate quotes.
Example topic sentence (yellow) integrating and citing a quote:
The warrior archetype is depicted as a person who can "set and achieve goals, overcome
obstacles, and persist in difficult times" (Pearson); however, I have never felt very effective in
that area.
Then refute in your reds.
Conclusion:
5 points______ Use your concluding sentence from your paragraph and add a few more
concluding sentences. Restate your main ideas with a different twist.
Works Cited and Bibliography
10 points_____Your Works Cited must have at least three sources that you actually cite in your
paper. Probably the three cites will be Avidran, Heroes Within, and Changing Minds, the three
websites you originally used to write your paragraph. Find them at :
http://avidtran.tripod.com/archetype.html
http://www.herowithin.com/arch101.html
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/storytelling/characters/pearson_archetypes.htm
Use Knight Cite and your MLA Quickie Reference form to properly format and cite:
http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/
5 points______Your Bibliography must include at least one other website or text that you
research about mythology or archetypes. You could use your Parallel Myths text.
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