tailieunhanh - WRITING IN RESPONSE TO LITERATURE - Express yourself

Reading and responding to a piece of literature requires much the same approach as reading and writing to demonstrate information and understanding about social studies, social science, or other subject-specific content. However, there are some elements to organizing and then analyzing and evaluating literature that are unique. This section will prepare you for some of those special concerns. | SECTION FOUR WRITING in RESPONSE to LITERATURE Reading and responding to a piece of literature requires much the same approach as reading and writing to demonstrate information and understanding about social studies social science or other subject-specific content. However there are some elements to organizing and then analyzing and evaluating literature that are unique. This section will prepare you for some of those special concerns. Just when you think you ve begun to understand the dynamics of tackling almost any writing situation up pops another. Writing in response to literature is a category of its own. It requires specific skill in certain areas. For instance there are four main genres in literature and each has a set of characteristics that contribute to its meaning. This section will take you through three of the four genres poetry prose fiction drama The fourth genre prose non-fiction was explained in the discussion of reading and writing for information and understanding in Chapter 1. You will explore how responding to a poem or a short story goes way beyond I liked it or I hated it to a much more focused and precise analysis of plot character setting theme This section will have three chapters. Each chapter will explain how to write about one of the three major genres and how to analyze the elements of literature stated above plot setting character and theme. Chapter 10 will cover how to read and examine poetry for meaning and message. Chapter 11 will concentrate on short stories and show you how to read more deeply into a text for its implied meanings and then how to craft short essay responses and develop supporting evidence. Chapter 12 will do the same for drama. 98 EXPRESS YOURSELF Writing in Response to Literature CHAPTER Writing About Poetry THIS CHAPTER will explain some of the unique characteristics of poetry and show you that it s probably easier to read and write about poetry than you thought. Tips for understanding theme and then using the .