Course Syllabus Pages:  Class Schedule  Course Information  Website Information General Help Pages:  Making a Great Web Post  Copyright Statement  Privacy Statement  About Lectures Materials:  Outline of the Iliad  Ancient Readers on the Myths  Modern Theories Chart  Jung Tips  Levi-Strauss reads Oedipus  Vladimir Propp help page  Vergil timeline and Aeneid summary More on Myth:  Other Links  Typos Catchers Display:  Configure Display   Return to Front Page Dictionary: Blackboard: Display:	Anatomy of a Post by Peter T. Struck Here are two TOTALLY FICTICIOUS! examples of posts, one good one bad, concocted as examples to help guide you on how to do web posts. Generally, you should consult the webinfo page to get a sense of the overall requirements. As is stated on Blackboard, the basic criteria for evaluating posts are: 1) depth of engagement with the reading, 2) originality of insight, 3) depth of engagement with the other students in your section. Posts should be targeted on the *readings* and contain specific citations from the readings for the week. The examples below highlight a few common strengths and weaknesses. They are meant to present rules of thumb rather than hard and fast requirements. In general, a writer can almost always benefit by remembering that good writing: has a THESIS (another name for a point) and demonstrates or explores that point with EVIDENCE (direct citations from the reading) and ARGUMENTS (a string of logical ideas that connects the evidence and makes the point). Further, you can almost always benefit from keeping in mind these mantras: get to the point cut out the fluff stop writing paper-ese is this original? THINK before you write.   To get a bit more specific, let's look at a couple of examples. Suppose that this week's assignment is to write a short paragraph that considers whether Odysseus measures up as a hero. Anatomy of a not-so-good post, written by Peter T. Struck     Anatomy of a pretty good post, I'd probably give myself a "B," but you can do better, written dutifully by Peter T. Struck
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