Response to literature

1. Response to literature EQ: What is Response to Literature and what’s all included in this type of essay?

2. Response to literature • Stories touch people in different ways. Response to Literature is an essay used to express a persons reaction to a piece of work they have read.

3. Response to Literature • In a response to literature essay, a writer uses evidenceto share his or her understanding of a piece of literature. • The essay can include • Opinions about a character • Lessons learned • Personal connections • Themes • Author’s purpose • Etc…..

4. Response to Literature at a Glance

5. Response to Literature at a Glance

6. Response to Literature at a Glance

7. Body Paragraph • Body paragraphs for a response to literature essay can cover a variety of topics • Each paragraph will have a different topic, but must provide proof and commentary. • Some topics include: • Opinions about a character • Analysis of a character • Lessons learned • Personal connections • Themes • Author’s purpose • Etc…..

8. Response to Literature at a Glance

9. Sample introduction I’ll huff and I’ll puff, and blow your house in.” Imagine if these words were yelled to you through your bedroom window. How would you react? Well, in Lane Smith’s, “ The Three Little Pigs”, the Big Bad Wolf supposedly threatened the pigs. The three pigs set off to be on their own as they grew up. They all built their homes out of different materials. A wolf was lurking in the woods, and threatened to eat each and every one of them. In the end, the pigs hoped to outsmart the wolf, so they could live happily ever after. The wolf in the story was portrayed as the villain, but such as in real life, depending on whose version you hear, he may not really be the villain.

10. Sample body paragraph • In the story the “Three Little Pigs”, the wolf is portrayed as a villain. He is described as going from one house to another in attempts to eat each pig. I have come to this conclusion because on page four its says, “Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!" … he huffed and he puffed, and he blew his house in, and ate up the little Pig.” These are the described actions of the wolf. A villain, by definition, is a cruel and wicked person. Anyone or thing that maliciously goes after anyone else can be considered cruel and wicked.

11. Sample Body Paragraph • Although, the wolf is portrayed as a villain in “ The Three Little Pigs”, this may not truly be the case. He may just be portrayed this way depending on who is telling the story. This is my opinion because according to The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs”, The wolf is portrayed simply as an individual who wants to borrow sugar, and isn’t feeling very well. On page 11, it states “ I felt a sneeze coming on.. Well I huffed. And I snuffed. And I sneezed a great sneeze… That whole darn straw house fell down.” Based on this evidence, the story is told a bit differently from the Wolf’s perspective . His blows appear to simply be from a cold and very innocent, but everyone doesn’t seem to believe it. I guess it depends on whose version a person listens to and can be convinced by.