- Your response must be at least 4 to 5 sentences.
- You should vary what type of response you give.
- Your response will only be counted if you send it before class.
- Your response will not be counted if you do not follow directions.
Your grade will be determined by the number of your responses.
Types of responses:
Quotation: Choose a quotation from the work that you think is important. Give the page number and explain why the quotation is important. I may use some of your choices on the midterm and final.Theme/Issue: In class we discussed some of the themes and issues that we will be discussing throughout the semester. Choose a theme or issue and explain how a work addresses it.
Personal Response: Part of what draws us to literature is how we feel a work speaks to our lives. A personal response should explain how you feel a piece reflects something you have experienced. This is not meant to be an explanation of what you think the work means. Choose a quotation or a theme to approach that question.
Question: Even after carefully reading a work, you may have some questions. Keep in mind that you must write 4 to 5 sentences. Your question should clearly show that you have struggled with understanding the work.
Compare and Contrast: You should always think about how the works we are reading are similar to one another in style, content, and the issues they are dealing with. Choose a work we are reading and compare and contrast it with another work we have read this semester.
Cultural/Political: In class we will often discuss how the works we read reflect on the world around us. Just because something was written 200 years ago does not mean that it can not tell us about today. Explain how a work addresses an issue that we are facing.
Peer Response: You are responsible for reading the responses of your peers. You may respond to their responses by disagreeing, furthering a point, or attempting to answer a question.
Aesthetics: We often define literature as literature because of the way it is written. Other writers have written about similar things, but not in such a powerful way. Choose a quotation and explain why you are drawn to the way it was written.
2 comments:
"An Occurance at Owl Creek".
it was wild. at first, i thought that he was "daydreaming", but as the story progressed i started to believe that he was in fact still alive. it just makes me think that it makes this story all the better that it changed my mind of what the outcome may be. this is unusual, usually i am very opioniated and set in my thoughts. it made me think and even tell my girlfriend about it, so it was definately worth the whole nine pages it took to read. so give us another good one and keep it interesting.
-Doug
I have to agree with Doug when he said the story was "wild". The story kept me guessing and paying more attention to it as opposed to just reading it and passing it along. Because the story was about a man excaping and still ending up dying, I think that it made the story better in terms of theme and structure. I definitely have to say that it was very boring and I personally don't like stories such as this one.
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