Writing a Response Mr. Wilson – English Language Arts

How good is your memory? What is an Allegory? What is an Allegory? What is a Tragedy? What is a Comedy? What is a Tragedy? What is a Comedy? Define the “Point-of-view” of a story/text. Define the “Point-of-view” of a story/text. What is a protagonist? What is an antagonist? What is a protagonist? What is an antagonist? Is context necessary for analyzing a text? Is context necessary for analyzing a text? What is the difference between the setting and the context? What is the difference between the setting and the context? What is the conflict and how important is it? What is the conflict and how important is it?

Writing a Literary Response For your first Literary Response, let us start small. For your first Literary Response, let us start small.

Writing a Literary Response BEFORE YOU START WRITING! What should you do? Organize your ideas Organize your ideas Collect your examples Collect your examples Write a brief structure, point form! (you can change this as you start writing…) Write a brief structure, point form! (you can change this as you start writing…) Then you can start thinking about your intro. Then you can start thinking about your intro.

Writing a Literary Response Introduction: What do you include in your introduction? Does it need to be very long? CLEAR – CONCISE – TO THE POINT. Three things I will be looking for: 1. Introductory sentence. 2. Your argument or hypothesis. 3. What you are going to cover, be brief.

Writing a Literary Response Body: At this point you can dive right into your writing At this point you can dive right into your writing EVERYTHING NEEDS TO RELATE TO YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO RELATE TO YOUR MAIN ARGUMENT. If it does not relate, then why is it there? If it does not relate, then why is it there? Try to make your paragraphs FLOW into one another. This takes time and practice, but you will get better. Try to make your paragraphs FLOW into one another. This takes time and practice, but you will get better.

Writing a Literary Response Conclusion: Finishing up! Do not be afraid of RE-STATING your original argument and your supporting claims. Finishing up! Do not be afraid of RE-STATING your original argument and your supporting claims. The key here is that it matches your introduction, so if you have to go back and change your intro – DO IT. The key here is that it matches your introduction, so if you have to go back and change your intro – DO IT. Always finish on a high note, never leave any question about where you stand. Always finish on a high note, never leave any question about where you stand.

Good luck! (Now get to work – Slackers)