Writing a Critical Response Essay A critique/critical response is an analysis of and a commentary on another piece of writing. A critical response essay (or review) has two missions: to summarize a source’s main idea and to respond to the source’s main ideas with reactions based on one’s own opinion/beliefs. 1. Summarizing The first step to writing is to read actively and thoughtfully‚ seeking answers to the following questions: a. What are the main points‚ ideas‚ or arguments of
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ESSAY #1: SUMMARY / CRITICAL RESPONSE ESSAY OBJECTIVES: This essay assignment will help you do the following: Improve your ability to read critically and analytically Improve your ability to respond objectively to a controversial text and evaluate a writer’s rhetorical strategies Improve your understanding of how to compose an effective thesis statement‚ and develop detailed‚ persuasive and coherent support Improve your ability to use MLA documentation style OVERVIEW: Summarizing
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Stephen King: Two Books‚ One Story In 1974‚ the world was first introduced to Stephen King through the publication of Carrie. Since then‚ King has released over fifty-four novels‚ short stories and essays (King‚ Written Works). His themes are vast and touch such subjects as aliens‚ telekinesis‚ life in prison‚ trucks coming to life‚ and the end of the world. In 1999‚ a car accident almost ended Stephen King’s life. After his recovery‚ he published five novels that were received with poor sales and
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Critical Response Paper to King’s "The Body" Stephen King’s "The Body" is a story about four friends who overhear from an older child that a body was hit by a train and is located in the woods. This sparks the interest of the young children and they venture out to experience this dead body first hand. Upon first reading the novel‚ it seems as though this story is nothing more than a simple journey with jovial experiences and mishaps of four friends. However‚ after a more thorough analysis
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My initial response to Caché was that it was an incredibly suspenseful film with an unsatisfying ending. The film was able to project its suspense by doing something that isn’t seen in many films. Caché omitted the use of extra diegetic sound. By doing this the viewer is left with silence. This is something that the audience is not used to experiencing. Horror films have been known to capitalize on the use of silence‚ but never to this extent. Generally‚ horror films use silence only to follow
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Robbie Smith ENG 205-001 9/19/2011 Critical Response to A Modest Proposal In A Modest Proposal‚ Jonathan Swift provides a logical solution to the poverty crisis in Ireland: eat the children of the disenfranchised lower class. Swift’s pattern of thought carries the reader through the process of birthing‚ raising‚ and breeding poor children as a delicate form of livestock which would theoretically alleviate Ireland of its financial and social burdens. The obvious irony in A Modest Proposal is
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Dorothy Rena Fong NBE3U1-01 Ms. Turczyniak Monday September 26‚ 2011 Critical Response- Walter Mitty Reflection People have the unique ability to focus on things the mind has never seen or experienced directly. People can imagine scenarios that might never actually occur. Naturally‚ human beings use a lot of time imagining infinite possibilities‚ spending nearly half of the waking hours daydreaming about anything that comes to mind. Imagination serves as an outlet to escape reality for a while
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problems in symbolic language.” is the key of understanding. Writers‚ especially Stephen King have this ability to transform this language into moving‚ scary stories that keep people wanting more. Most experience writers have the gift of using life experiences as King’s analogy of the flipbook of personalities‚ events‚ and settings for their book. For example‚ Danielle McGee‚ a friend of mine‚ wrote a story about a
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The content explored within William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is riveting at the very least‚ and retrospectively an inherent influence on most (if not‚ all) modern dramatic story-lines that I have minded. One needn’t even consider the time-period in which Shakespeare created the entanglement of moods and matters found within his characters to appreciate the clarity of each one’s personality‚ even in just reading the lines of his work as a story-book (though the consideration of such makes it all
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more of a comedy part of the movie. Columbus had other things that he had written on his list that made me laugh and that were very comical in the entire movie. The horror part of the movie had to do with the character Tallahassee was the guy that no one wanted to mess with‚ his job was shooting and killing zombies he had more of the horror parts of this movie and his character clearly enjoyed killing these zombies. But in all of this violence all he really wanted was his twinkles. This film was a lot
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