RTL Response to Literature Notes

1. RTL Response to Literature Notes

2. Writing • 1. Thesis: This is what your entire paragraph, essay, report is all about. • Thesis: A sentence that contains the following: a Subject + Opinion. • 2. TLQ: Transition leads into the quotation • 3. Concrete Detail (CD): facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, illustrations, support, proof, evidence, quotations, paraphrasing, plot references • 4. Commentary (CM): opinion, insight, analysis, inference, feelings, evaluation, reflection, interpretation, explanation, personal response • (How does my evidence support my thesis? Start with the phrase “This shows that…) • 5. Conclusion: Restates the thesis/provides sense of “wrap it up”

3. Rules for Writing • Follow these rules to improve your grade and your writing abilities: • 1. Always use pen/type. I will not grade it if it is in pencil. • 2. Never use a contraction. • Incorrect: I’ll never forget my trip to Disneyland. • Correct: I will never forget my trip to Disneyland. • Use the word quotation. Never use the word quote. • In this quotation, Darth Vader says, “I am your father” (Star Wars).

4. Rules for Writing Continued… • 3. NEVER use the following: I, me, you, we, us. • Incorrect: I think you will like the story. • Correct: Many readers will enjoy the story. • 4. When you write about a story/movie/film etc. you must always keep it in the present tense. • Incorrect: Tom Benekeworked at a grocery story. Correct: Tom Benekeworks at a grocery story. • 5. Never end with “In Conclusion…” “Finally…” • 6. Never start with a question