Gilgamesh
City Write
The epic of
Gilgamesh begins and ends with an invitation to the reader to visit
the beautiful city of Uruk, “which no city on earth can equal.”
The reader is invited to “See how its ramparts gleam like copper in
the sun….climb the stone staircase…walk on the wall of Uruk,
follow its course around the city, inspect its mighty
foundations…observe the land it encloses: the palm trees, the
gardens…the shops and marketplaces…”(69-70) To a large extent,
the epic is about humans becoming civilized, building and moving into
cities.
- Use the imperative tense:
In
your own introduction to an epic, select a city or neighborhood in a
city that you love, and invite the reader to visit.
- Use a minimum of :
Come
see...
Walk
through...
Listen
to...
Watch...
two
colors
two
sounds
one
taste
Pick
a particular place to invite your reader to in your writing. For
example, you might choose The Pike Place Market or your dorm room or
The ID in Seattle. You might choose a particular place in your home
city. Choose somewhere different than you wrote about in your poem.
Remember
to use imperative tense as if you are asking your reader to come with
you and see!
Complete two paragraphs of detailed writing.
Complete two paragraphs of detailed writing.
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