Zen Principles in Japanese Culture: An Exploration through Architecture, Gardens, and the Tea Ceremony

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Instructions for Essay (final version)

Instructions for Complete Essay on Japan

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOCUMENTED ESSAY

This essay must be in the MLA format with a works cited page and a title page included. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IN MLA EVERYTHING IS DOUBLE

SPACED EXCEPT THE TITLE PAGE. Internal documentation is essential (parenthetical documentation) for all quoted materials AND THE ESSAY WILL RECEIVE AN F IF THERE IS NO PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION. You will

need a minimum of 4 sources on your works cited page for this final version. Please choose ONE (1) of the following themes (continue on with the theme you chose for the first part and write an essay of at least 1200 words in order to receive full credit. In order to receive full credit you must have at least 4 sources on your works cited page. PLEASE SEE THE EXAMPLE PAPER FROM A FORMER STUDENT IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE MLA FORMAT.

TRY IN ALL CASES TO USE CRITICAL THINKING WHEN COMING TO CONCLUSIONS. YOU MUST USE QUOTES OR IDEAS FROM OTHER SOURCES, PLEASE USE PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION OF THESE WITHIN THE ESSAY

AS A REMINDER, THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ARE BELOW WHICH ARE THE SAME AS YOUR FIRST SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENTED ESSAY. YOU MAY CHANGE YOUR SUBJECT BUT IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESSAY ON JAPAN

Write a five paragraph paper (1200 words) in the MLA style including:

1. A title page

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2. An opening paragraph containing your thesis statement

3. Documentation within the text

4. Three body paragraphs

5. A concluding paragraph

6. A works cited page. PLEASE NOTE:

ALL LATE PAPERS WILL HAVE A 10 POINT DEDUCTION FOR EACH DAY LATE.

Show how Zen Buddhist or Shino ideas are illustrated, demonstrated, or exemplified in the following aspects of Japanese culture:

1. JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE (first body paragraph) Example: A shrine or house surrounded by nature.
2. JAPANESE GARDENS (second body paragraph)

Example: Show how Gardens reflect nature or may calm the mind.

3. THE JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY (third body paragraph)

Example: A short writing relating this to the Zen idea of calming the mind or “being here now”.

EXCEPT FOR THE TEA CEREMONY, PLEASE USE PRIMARY SOURCES. LOOK AT A PICTURE OR READ A SHORT WRITING ILLUSTRATING YOUR THESIS.

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