Literary Response Do’s and Do not’s

Overall Response Write in the present tense “She is feeling sad” instead of “she was feeling sad” Refer to the author by his/her last name - Shakespeare - Garner – Jobs Cite your sources Always use a wrap up sentence!! Do not use “I think”… or “ it helps me imagine…”

Meaning Checklist First = Author, title, short summary Second = purpose and audience Third = theme (more than one word… not change but “ It is bad to change to fit in) Find a quote to support your theme. Explain how your quote proves your theme Find a second quote and explain how it proves your theme.

Connection First- Topic sentence: introduce the new text and author. Second- Identify the theme you are connecting the texts to. Find a quote from the text and explain how it proves the theme. Connect it to the text mentioned in Meaning. Make a personal/world connection to the THEME!

Form First- Topic sentence that identifies the form and purpose: “this short story,” “this novel,” “this editorial,” etc. Second- Identify a literary device. The author uses a simile when she writes “ She looked like a clown in the rain” Explain how it represents the device This is a simile because the author compares the protagonist to a wet clown. Explain why the author uses the device in this story. The use of a simile in this text allows the reader to imagine the protagonist as a wet clown, which is in great contrast to her usual put-together self. REPEAT WITH A 2 ND Literary device

Opinion First- Briefly summarize the text and theme. Second- State your opinion on the theme and explain why… Third- Briefly discuss form –State your opinion on form and explain why… WRAP UP YOUR LIT RESPONSE