Ashoka Writing

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Ashoka Writing Assignment Was Ashoka’s rule through dhamma an effective way to govern the Mauryan Empire? Directions: For homework tonight, you will be creating an outline for your paragraph that we will be working on in class on Friday. You must come up with an argumentative statement about Ashoka’s rule that answers the questions: Was Ashoka’s rule through dhamma an effective way to govern the Mauryan Empire? You will then be asked to support that statement in a specific way. This writing assignment should adhere to the following format: I.

PURPOSE STATEMENT (The purpose statement must be a sentence that can be argued. In a larger essay, the purpose statement would also support your thesis, but I am only asking you to write a paragraph for this assignment): _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ __________________

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EVIDENCE: (In History class, evidence will be facts from the materials you have been provided. For this paragraph you should include 2-3 pieces of evidence). _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________

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ANALYSIS: (This is the most important part. Your analysis is your explaination of how the evidence you have provided supports your purpose statement. It should be at least two sentences long (if not more) and be the “meat” of your paragraph. It will answer the “so what” question). _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________ LINK: (This link statement will essentially act as the conclusion sentence for your paragraph. If this were a full length essay you would use this sentence to link your purpose statement to the next paragraph. For this assignment, consider the link to be your conclusion. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

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PLEASE BRING YOUR COMPLETED OUTLINE TO CLASS IN LAB 221 on FRIDAY!