The Informal Literary Response
An effective answer should address the prompt in a three paragraph format. You must use evidence from a text studied in class. You must use evidence from personal experiences or observations. You must connect the ideas examined in your paragraphs.
Literature
Topic Sentence: Tell em’ what you’re going to tell em’- Explains the idea/argumentof the paragraph
- Adresses ALL BRANCHES of the Informal Literary Response Question
Support/Examples: Tell em’
- Use specific examples from the text to support your argument
- Be sure to explain how the example supports the argument.
Explanations: Tell em’ what you told em’
- “Put it together” : Make a connection between your evidence and your argument
- LINK separate evidence together.
Conclusion: Synthesis
- Show what the result of your argument, your support, and your “putting it together is.”
- If you were a lawyer, what your evidence leads the jury to do (“find the accused guilty.”)
Personal Experience/Observation
Topic Sentence: Tell em’ what you’re going to tell em’- Explains the idea/argument of the paragraph
- Adresses ALL BRANCHES of the Informal Literary Response Question
Support/Examples: Tell em’
- Use specific examples from personal experience/observation to support your argument
- Be sure to explain how the example supports the argument.
Explanations: Tell em’ what you told em’
- “Put it together” : Make a connection between your evidence and your argument
- LINK separate evidence together.
Conclusion: Synthesis
- Show what the result of your argument, your support, and your “putting it together is.”
- If you were a lawyer, what your evidence leads the jury to do (“find the accused guilty.”)
Synthesis:
- Connect the literary paragraph and the personal observation/experience paragraph together to provide a broader understanding of your position on the prompt.
- Revisit the prompt/thesis.
- Revisit the ideas (as a whole) from the first paragraph
- Revisit the ideas (as a whole) from the second paragraph
- Blend the ideas in a statement of insight.
NOTE: Think of the paragraph as the connection of your ideas. There IS NOT a minimum or maximum number of words or sentences; instead, you need to deal with (write about) all the elements of the paragraph.
The Informal Literary Response
An effective answer should address the prompt in a three paragraph format. You must use evidence from a text studied in class. You must use evidence from personal experiences or observations. You must connect the ideas examined in your paragraphs.
Literature
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Explanations:
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Conclusion:
Personal Experience/Observation
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Conclusion:
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