Raven Response to Lit
Paragraph 1:Mention the title, who wrote the text and a brief summary(2-3 sentences)Write about what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Paragraph 2: Discuss what you noticed about the text:
- What type of text is this? How do you know?
- Explain how the title connects to the text.
- Discuss how the text is organized(Stanzas, lines, lines per stanza).
- Figurative language used(similes, personification and idioms) What line did you find a simile and idiom? How was personification used in the story?
- Why did the author use figurative language?
- Rhyme:where did you find internal rhyme? Give an example. Where was there end rhyme in the poem? Why did the author use rhyme?
- Alliteration - How was alliteration used in the text? Give an example. Why do you think the author used alliteration?
- What was the tone of the text? What is the attitude or the author's attitude towards the subject? Give evidence.(funny, serious, depressing, frightening angry).
Paragraph 3:
- What mood did the text put you in and why?
- Did you like or dislike the text? Explain your thinking
- Why do you think the author wrote this? Give evidence about why you think the author wrote this? Did you like or dislike the text? Why?
- What message was the author trying to show through his writing? (Explain with evidence.)