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Welcome, Class, to English 101 essay assignment number 1. You will
have the option of responding to one of the writing prompts below. Be sure to
follow the directions carefully. The essay should be legible, creative and
engaging, well-organized, well-stated, well-detailed, well-supported, well-
referenced, well-documented, well-punctuated, and grammatically correct five-
paragraph six hundred-word composition, drawing from textual, global and
personal references and examples, utilizing college-level terminology.
1. Write an analysis showing how Klein’s dramatizing techniques (choice actions,
characterization, and dialogue) in “Watching My Back” work to illustrate any one
of the important insights drawn from this essay. (Between Worlds, p. 57)
2. What is the statement that Ellen Goodman makes in “When a Woman Says No”?
(Between Worlds, p. 67)
3. Victims of abandonment are frequently compelled toward internalization or
personalization in the aftermath of love loss and abandonment. Children of
divorced households, for example, perpetually blame themselves for their parents’
failing marital relationship. Why are rejected lovers predisposed toward guilt and
self-deprecation? Respond to this question, supplementing your details with
textual, global, or personal references and examples.
4. Using specific details from Jeff Z. Klein’s “Watching My Back,” (Between
Worlds, p. 57) and “Virtual Romance,” (p. 56), write a short-answer literary
response, defining the elements of a healthy romantic relationship.
5. Compose an informative literary response, supporting or rebutting any of the
other following topics or themes addressed in class this semester: (1) The benefits
of support groups, (2) Sigmund Freud’s theory of Repetition Compulsion or
Transference or (3) any other approved topic discussed in class.
English 101
City University of New York
Composing an Informative Literary Response
1. Preliminary Reading and Research
Read, analyze and understand the text(s), making textual, global, and personal
connections to the given topic matter.
Decide which literary highlight(s) you want to address.
2. Create a writing frame, outline, or other graphic organizers:
Introduction
Lead (e.g., topic or author background)
Synopsis
Statement (e.g., theme, mood, tone, conflict, etc.)
Supporting details from texts
The introduction should include the author and title.
Main Body 1
Lead/Topic Statement
Supporting detail 1
References from text(s)
Supplemental textual, global, or personal references & examples
References from story should include MLA documentation.
Main Body 2
(Topic Statement /Transition)
Supporting detail 2
References from text(s)
Supplemental textual, global or personal references & examples
References from story should include MLA documentation.
Main Body 3
(Topic Statement /Transition)
Supporting detail 3
References from text(s)
Supplemental textual, global or personal references & examples
References from story should include MLA documentation.
Include a condensed synopsis of the texts in the introduction, as well as elaborate,
detailed synopses throughout the essay.
Include transitional words, phrases and sentences throughout each main body
paragraph, introducing subsequent supporting details, restating previously stated
details and particulars and indicating analogous or dichotomous relationships
among them:
Example:
In addition to being the object of sexual aggression, women, according to Good–
man, were considered the object of blame throughout the courts, thus adding more
insult to injury.
Conclusion
Lead
Statement
Supporting details
Closing
3. Review MLA documentation and formatting.
4. Draft the essay.
5. Proofread, edit, revise and rewrite your essay.
All References should include MLA documentation.
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