Temple University Understanding the Apology of Socrates and Xenophon Discussion

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Quotation Reflection Paper

Write a reflection paper; that is, a paper that makes connections between any of the texts we’ve read in this course and your own life. For this paper choose a final quotation from any of the class texts based on its significance to YOU. It may be a set of lines that can stand as a personal motto, or a mantra, or a reflection of your way of seeing the world. It may be that this quotation simply “stuck” in your head or resonated with a personal experience. It may be that it found its way into how you think about another course you are taking this semester, or link to something you learned last year/semester.

Like an entry to the quote analysis assignment please identify the quotation with proper citation and then write a 750-word explanation (roughly two pages double spaced) of why this particular quotation is meaningful to you.

This paper is not simply your opportunity to tell me about your belief(s), opinion(s) or experience(s) (I am interested in getting to know you through your writing!) but to analyze that/ those belief(s), opinion(s) or experience(s) using a quote from one of the above texts.

I am looking for your ability to:

• Accurately quote a course text with proper punctuation and citation;
• Reflect on the meaning of the quote as YOU understand it for yourself; talk about what it means to you, how it is significant in the IH text and why it is significant to your own life;
• Demonstrate the conventions of fine academic writing you have worked on during semester or that I’ve commented on in your writing: a thesis statement, analysis, introduction, good writing style, good grammar, appropriate punctuation, proper citation, and a conclusion.

This paper is worth 17% of your grade

Attached is a model paper of this kind of essay Model Quote Reflection Paper 851-1.docx download

Consider these questions when writing your paper:

In your introduction:

1. What hook or hooks are you using to get your reader interested in your argument? A hook is the first few sentences meant to get the reader interested in your subject. Examples include telling a story, providing background, presenting a quotation, offering a definition (See the exercise Introductions and Conclusions for a more complete list of hooks as well effective ways of concluding a paper)
2. List the sentences in your introduction that provide the map of your argument. Each paragraph in the body of your essay should focus on one main claim. The map in your introduction is a map of those claims. Thus your introduction should list all of the main claims that you will later make in the body of your essay.
3. Identify the one sentence in your introduction that is your thesis.
4. Explain how your thesis is a judgment that can be disputed or put into doubt.
5. What pattern of essay development (these patterns are the same as the patterns of paragraph development that you should be using in your quote analyses; See the exercise Patterns of Paragraph Development) does your introduction/ thesis suggest?
6. What sentence in your introduction announces why your reader should care about your judgment, that is, answers the question “So what?”

In your conclusion

1. What sentence restates your thesis in different words or what sentences remind reader of how you supported your main points?
2. What effective way(s) of concluding a paper do you use in your conclusion? How does this way of concluding encourage your reader to think about information or proposals you have presented?

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