Here is your goal for this assignment: Plan, write, and revise an expository paragraph.

Choose a topic for an expository essay. Write the thesis sentence for the subject you chose. Write a paragraph introducing your topic. Remember the proper location for the thesis in the introductory paragraph. Check the paragraph carefully for unity, coherence, and mechanics.

This project will be graded based on the following:

your attention to the instructions given above
appropriate organization for an introductory paragraph
use of proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence construction (commonly called "conventions")

What theme is best revealed by this conflict? a.)with cooperation, crews can defeat the gods. b.)dangerous ocean travel claims many lives. c.)rest is required for all who work hard. d.)people must respect the wrath of the gods. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships and driving veils of the squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed outstrips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.