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When responding to prompts for the Reader's Response assignments, always begin by placing your topic in context. Treat this as you would any other essay and start by naming the essay you are responding to and

use what you know about thesis statements and topic sentences. Grammar and Spelling count. This assignment, if carefully written, should be approximately 2 pages, and should include a complete heading as per

MLA format. (Name, Class & Section (ENG 102 OT 3), Instructor's name (Professor Cakridas), Date assignment is due, and the Assignments Title. Assignment must have 1" margins and in a 12 pt. font, either Times

New Roman, or Calibri.

Module #1 Reader Response & Reflection Journal

1. Reader Response Prompt: "Hills Like White Elephants" is set in Spain. An American man and a girl named Jig are sitting at an outdoor café in a Spanish train station, waiting for a non-stop train coming from

Barcelona that will take them to Madrid, where the girl is to have an "operation." Hemmingway illustrates 3 different landscapes in "Hills Like White Elephants", what are they and what does each landscape

symbolize?

How might you react if you were Jig? How might you react if you were "the American man"

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2. Reader Prompt: "The Lesson" The point of view shows how the narrator thinks, speaks, and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson," the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl

named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. What is her point of view?

Choose another's point of view to discuss - what do you think the Teacher's point of view was?

Grading:

3pts. Substantive response includes several examples from readings and addresses all aspects of assignment fully. No issues with spelling and grammar and adheres to MLA formatting.

2pts. Satisfactory response, includes some examples from the readings and addresses most aspects of the assignment. Few issues with spelling and grammar and adheres to MLA formatting.

1pt. Attempts to respond to prompt, however response is either incomplete, or not clear.

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