Lesson 2 - Writing Reaction Paper
Lesson 2 - Writing Reaction Paper
Lesson 2 - Writing Reaction Paper
CS_EN11 / 12A
Lesson Objectives:
• 1. How to Express Personal Opinion
• 2. Approaches in Literary Criticism
• 3. Writing a Reaction Paper/ Review / Critique
1 . T h e t e x t t e l l s u s o f t h e a u t h o r ’s
o p i n i o n s ab o u t h o w t e c h n o l og y a f f e c t s
The text is l ive s o f p e o p l e e s p e c i a l l y s t u d e n t s .
Yo u m a y a g r e e o r d i s a g r e e w i t h w h a t
a good t h e a u t h o r s a y s a n d yo u r r e a c t i o n
wo u l d d e p e n d o n h o w t h e a u t h o r
reaction suppor ted his ideas with facts.
paper
2. The text contains statistical data and
because these are good evidences which helped
in making the opinions s t r o n g.
W i t h o u t t h o s e d a t a , yo u m i g h t t h i n k
t h a t t h e a u t h o r i s j u s t i nve n t i n g i d e a s .
3 . E ve n yo u r p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e c a n b e
u s e d a s s u p p o r t b e c a u s e i t wa s a l s o
mentioned that students use the inter net
The text is and computers.
a good 4 . Yo u w i l l m o s t l i ke l y a g r e e w i t h t h e
reaction a u t h o r. B u t i f yo u d i s a g r e e , i t i s a l r i g h t
a s l o n g a s yo u a l s o h a ve e n o u g h f a c t s t o
paper s u p p o r t w hy yo u d i s a g r e e w i t h t h e
a u t h o r.
because
5. The most impor tant thing to note is
facts are necessar y in suppor ting
o p i n i o n s b e c a u s e t h i s w i l l m a ke yo u r
o p i n i o n o b j e c t ive a n d n o t b i a s e d .
1. Opinions must be based on facts to
m a ke i t o b j e c t ive o r n o t b i a s e d .
4 . To c o nv i n c e yo u r r e a d e r s , o p i n i o n s
a n d f a c t s m u s t b e we l l - w r i t t e n .
C o n sider th e fo llow in g scen a rio s.
I n a f a r aw ay, l o n g a g o k i n g d o m , C i n d e r e l l a i s l iv i n g
h a p p i l y w i t h h e r m o t h e r a n d f a t h e r u n t i l h e r m o t h e r d i e s.
C i n d e r e l l a ' s f a t h e r r e m a r r i e s a c o l d , c r u e l wo m a n w h o h a s
t wo d a u g h t e r s. W h e n t h e f a t h e r d i e s, C i n d e r e l l a ' s w i cke d
s t e p m o t h e r t u r n s h e r i n t o a s e r va n t i n h e r ow n h o u s e.
M e a n w h i l e, a c r o s s t ow n i n t h e c a s t l e, t h e K i n g d e t e r m i n e s
that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and
p r ov i d e h i m w i t h a r e q u i r e d nu m b e r o f g r a n d ch i l d r e n . S o t h e
K i n g i nv i t e s e ve r y e l i g i b l e m a i d e n i n t h e k i n g d o m t o a f a n c y
d r e s s b a l l , w h e r e h i s s o n w i l l b e a b l e t o ch o o s e h i s b r i d e.
Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her
friends (the mice and the birds) lend a hand in making her
o n e, a d r e s s t h e e v i l s t e p s i s t e r s i m m e d i a t e l y t e a r a p a r t o n t h e
e ve n i n g o f t h e b a l l . A t t h i s p o i n t , e n t e r t h e Fa i r y
G o d m o t h e r, t h e p u m p k i n c a r r i a g e , t h e r oy a l b a l l , t h e s t r o ke
o f m i d n i g h t , t h e g l a s s s l i p p e r, a n d t h e r e s t , a s t h e y s ay, i s
f a i r y t a l e h i s t o r y.
- claims that literar y works contain
intrinsic proper ties and treats each
1. work as a distinct work of ar t.
• H ow c u l t u r e d e t e r m i n e s g e n d e r
2. • H ow g e n d e r e q u a l i t y i s p r e s e n t e d i n
the text
Feminism • H ow g e n d e r i s s u e s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e
l i t e r a r y wo r k s a n d o t h e r a s p e c t s o f
human production and daily life
• H ow wo m e n a r e s o c i a l l y, p o l i t i c a l l y,
p s y ch o l o g i c a l l y, and economically
o p p r e s s e d by p a t r i a r chy
• H ow p a t r i a r ch a l ideolog y is an
ove r p owe r i n g p r e s e n c e
- concer ned with the r eviewer’s
r eaction as an audience of a wor k.
3. Reader- - claims that the reader’s role cannot
be se parated from the understanding
Response of the work; a text does not have
meaning until the reader reads it and
Criticism inter prets it
- Reader s ar e therefore not passive
and distant, but are active
consumer s of the material presented
to them.
Common aspects looked into when
using Reader – Response Criticism :