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Response PaperSuggestions for Focusing a Topic in Literature
Listed below are suggestions for focusing a topic in a literature-based
response paper. Note that these suggestions typically will not be
used in isolation; sometimes they may overlap. For example, if you
are writing a character analysis of Jane in “The Yellow Wallpaper” by
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, you may also use some elements of setting,
such as the use of the color yellow throughout the story, to develop
your analysis. Just remember that the following suggestions are not
necessarily meant to function independently – you may choose
to focus on one of them, but you will probably use others to support
your main focus in the response paper.
- Plot
- Structure
- Character Analysis
- Point of View or Stance
- Setting - place, objects and culture
- Development of Theme
- Imagery - the work’s link to senses
- Use of metaphor and simile
- Use of symbolism and allegory
- Writer’s
tone
Copyright 2003 by the Academic Center and the
University of Houston-Victoria.
Created 2002 by Candice Chovanec Melzow. Revised 2005. |
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