Essay Assignment 1

Essay of Definition

This, your first writing assignment, is like a pretest or a diagnostic task. The purpose of this assignment is for me to obtain some sense of your present understanding of the term "myth." It presupposes no prior training or study. And, I prefer that you do no preparation for completing it. I hope you do not go to any dictionary, any website, or to our text.

I will use your responses to help me determine what I may need to focus on and what information I should be sure to provide.

Using no more than one hour, write an essay of definition of the term myth.

There is no expectation for the length; rather, write what you can in the one hour allotted. You will receive full credit so long as you seem to be taking the assignment seriously.

One of the goals of the course is that by the end you will have a richer understanding of the concept "myth" and a greater degree of sophistication in thinking, reading, writing, and talking about myth(s).  You must submit all of your assignments using interactive forms.  Please submit your assignment using the interactive form below.