Response to Literature

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Response to Literature

• Bargain

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Prompt

• Pick one character from the story, Bargain, and
  write about how one of his character traits
  affected its outcome.

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Introduction

• 1st Sentence Grabber
• -Capture the interest of the audience!
• Example Have you ever wondered how your life
  would turn out if you carried a different
  personality?
• 2nd / 3rd Sentence Summary statement
• -Include author, title, setting, main conflict,
  and solution!
• Example In A.B. Guthries short story,
  Bargain, the main character is
  who lives in the frontier. The problem
  he faces is that . During the course
  of the story
• Last Sentence Thesis
• -Tell what you are going to talk about!
• Example is very
  ,which brings about the shocking outcome of
  the story.

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Body Paragraph Outline

• T.S. Topic Sentence
• C.D. 1 Concrete Detail
• CM. Commentary
• CM. Commentary
• C.D. 2 Concrete Detail
• CM. Commentary
• CM. Commentary
• C.S. Concluding Sentence

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Body Paragraph Content

• T.S. Topic Sentence
• States what you are going to talk about in this
  paragraph!
• Example s is the
  reason for
• C.D. 1 Concrete Detail
• Direct quote from the story! Give page number!

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Body Paragraph Content

• CM. Commentary I feel
• CM. Commentary I also feel
• -Be Dr. Phil ! Analyze why the concrete detail
  shows how the character trait affects the outcome
  of the story.
• -Take out the I feel, and the I also feel
  statements when through writing.

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Body Paragraph Content

• C.D. 2 Concrete Detail
• Dont forget page number!
• CM. Commentary
• CM. Commentary
• C.S. Concluding sentence

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Finished Body Paragraph

• Yollie is a very vain young woman, and this
  vanity causes her mother to feel guilty and give
  in to Yollies desire to have new clothes. Gary
  Soto shows us this when he writes how Yollie came
  home from the dance, where her dyed dress was
  ruined by the rain, and yelled to her mother,
  The dress. Its cheap! Its no good! (pg.
  113) The fact that Yollie is so mean to her
  mother over a ruined dress shows that she is more
  concerned about appearances than Mrs. Morenos
  feelings. Her vanity causes her to do these mean
  things to get her way. Another example of
  Yollies vanity is when Mrs. Moreno pulls out the
  little money she has saved and gives it to Yollie
  for a new outfit. Gary Soto writes that her
  mother held up five twenties, a blossom of green
  that smelled sweeter than flowers on that
  Saturday. (pg. 114)

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Finished Body Paragraph

• To Yollie the money smells great because it
  means she will get a new outfit, which she cares
  about more than using the money for something
  necessary. Mrs. Moreno feels sorry for her
  daughter, so she gives this money to her, but
  Yollie knows better and is too vain to say no.
  Once again Yollie succeeds in getting her mother
  to give in to her vain ways.

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Conclusion

• Tie to grabber
• Restate the grabber or answer the question
  asked.
• Example If any of us had different
  personalities our lives would definitely turn out
  differently.
• Tie to thesis
• Restate what your thesis says. Tell what you
  just said in your body paragraph.
• Concluding statement
• Put a bow on the package. Sum it up!
• Example The story, Bargain, is a great
  example of how the traits we have affect how our
  lives turn out.