Response Essay

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Response Essay
Type 25
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Definition

• a response to some work
• a personal reaction and attitude to the specific
  ideas revealed in a certain work and their
  application of the authors life
• The expressed arguments always have a very
  subjective character and correspond to the
  authors critical abilities.

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Structure (1/3)

• Introduction
• The thesis statement
• It is ordinarily made through the application of
  the work to the personal experience of the author
  resulting in a very special perception.

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Structure (2/3)

• Body
• Analyze all the aspects of the work and the
  authors main response to these aspects.
• It is suggested to concentrate on a few aspects
  to make the essay more substantial and focused.
• Special techniques should be used to reveal the
  authors responses to the presented work.
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Metaphor, etc.

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Structure (3/3)

• Conclusion
• Presents the evidence, which supports the
  authors response to the analyzed work.
• It must persuade the reader that real aspects of
  the work justify this response.

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Tips

• It is necessary to draw strong parallels between
  the analyzed work and personal experience.
• All the statements must be proved by actual
  evidence presented in the work.  This is required
  to avoid the possibility of the invention of new
  ungrounded views on the analyzed work.