Responses to

Literature
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Response to Forms of Kinds of Guide in
literature Response response Creating a
Response
What is a
response to
literature?
RESPONSE TO
LITERATURE
A form of writing that
responses to a specific
literary that has been read.
FORMS OF
RESPONSES
 Compare-and-
Critical reviews Contrast essays
The summarization The similarities and
and assessment of the dissimilarities
ideas and knowledge between the chosen
in an article. subjects are studied,
measured and
evaluated by a
compare and contrast
essay.
 A Literary Analysis of “Mother to Son”
 
Mother to Son is a poetry written by Langston Hughes in the early of 20th century. The
speaker in this poem is a mother who gives advice to her beloved son. The poet opens this poem by
presenting a metaphor between the mother’s life and a crystal stair in order to show that her life has
not been easy. As we can see in the next stanza, “It’s had tacks in it, And splinters”, again, the poet
use a metaphor to compare tacks and splinters in the staircase to problems and difficulties in the
mother’s life. The Mother seems to have born in the poverty, as the poem goes like “And boards
torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor”, then the mother say “But all the time I’se been a -
climbin’ on”, showing that no matter what she faced, she keeps moving forward and climbing the
staircase. The mother also admit that “...sometimes goin’ in the dark, Where there ain’t been no
light”, this line represent the low moments of her life when she was feeling down, and feeling like
there was no hope for her, “So boy, don’t you turn back, Don’t you set down on the steps”, she
gives her son another advice to not give up when things go wrong, she say “I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’. The mother motivates her son to never give up despite any failures in his life, she
encourages him to move on just like what she did.
  
This “Mother to Son” poem is a short free verse poem containing twenty stanza and has
no regular rhythm. The language that the poet use is a colloquial language, an informal
language give an impression that the mother is less educated and probably came from the
country side. The poet also tends to use African - American English like “I’se”, a contraction
of “I is” which in a standart American English should be “I am”, to give an interpretation that
the mother was an African - American and although in the early 20th century they were free
from slavery, their lives were still very difficult. The theme of this poem is the idea of hope
and encouragement to move forward in life like what the mother advised her son, despite all
the difficulties and trouble that may become. I also notice that the poet is trying to show
the idea of love from the mother to her son, she loves him so much and keep giving him
advice because she wants him to be better than her, in life.
  Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves and Aladdin
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin have many differences and similarities.
Aladdin is a movie from Disney Pixar. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves however is a story
from a text book. I am comparing these two stories because I would like to learn about them
in a different way than i normally do. Comparing and contrasting will give me the skill to
notice the very interesting and important parts of the stories. To help me compare the two, I
use a Venn Diagram.

Both of these Arabian folktales have magical objects, animals, and entrances involved.
In Aladdin there was a magic lamp that had a genie in the it. This magic lamp played a big
role in this movie. Although, in Ali Baba that would open up to a secret place with a treasure
hidden. The treasure in Ali Baba is the whole reason why they fought through out the story.
 Another similarity the two stories had was that the characters in the story all wanted the
treasures that were worth a ton. In Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, everyone wanted the
magic treasure in the cave. The current owner of the treasure sent the forty thieves out to get
Ali Baba because he was trying to take the treasure, Ali Baba didn't know that the treasure
had an current owner. In Aladdin. Javar and Aladdin were fighting over the genies lamp and
to be Jasmines wife...the prince! The only was Aladdin could save the kingdom was to get
Javar wish for a stupid, but powerful wish and Aladdin had to make sure the genie heard it  

These stories also both have heroes that are not the main character. The heros helped
save poop important things in the stories. In Aladdin the genie helped grant Aladdin the
wishes to become a prince to see Jasmine more. The kingdom would not of been saved if the
genie hadn't granted Javar the wish to become a genie. In Ali Baba Morgina saved Ali Baba
many ways. When some of the forty thieves tried to trick Ali Baba and kill him, Morgina was
right there to kill the thieves all along. Ali Baba new he could always count on her
 The last similarity that I thought was important was that these stories have both main
characters living in poverty. Aladdin was a homeless teenager. He had to steel food from
local markets selling on the street. Ali Baba was very poor too. Ali Baba chose to marry a
nice but very poor women to marry. They together as a couple couldn't pay for their everyday
needs.

As you can see these stories have many similarities and differences. I think these
Arabian folktales have many more similarities and differences. For me, it was easier to find
similarities than differences. I wrote this compare and contrast paper because I thought this
was a fun way in learning the stories in a different way. Comparing and Contrasting has
taught me how to comprehend stories so much better.
Letters to Authors Blog Comments
These letters are used A way to share
to convey appreciation ideas, opinions or
and inspire the work views about what
of the authors to individuals feel
create even better about a literary
pieces. through commenting
on blogs
  
Dear Ms. Clare, Again, I would just like to
I am writing to you to express my express my deepest thanks that
great appreciation for the latest you created this literary wonder
book which you have released which has changed my life for
called the Dawn of the Wild. the better.

I have found the book to be I wish you all the best.

fascinating and stimulating at the
same time. It has been a while Sincerely,
since I had read a novel of such DELLANY CABALLERO
caliber of writing that I found myself
writing this letter to you.

Your novel has changed my

perspective on many things and
has broadened my view on a lot of
things as well.
Blog Comments
A way to share
ideas, opinions or
views about what
individuals feel
about a literary
through commenting
on blogs
KINDS OF
RESPONSES
 Overview
Immediate Internal and Physical,
or Deferred Personal or Cognitive or
External and Intellectual,
Social and Aesthetic
 Immediate and Deferred
Immediate Response
- a reaction taken in an instant or in a
short period of time.
 Immediate and Deferred
Deferred Response
- takes a considerable amount of time
in analyzing and evaluating a text.
 Internal and Personal or
External and Social
Internal and Personal Response
- necessary for establishing and
retaining personal involvement in
literature.
 Internal and Personal or
External and Social
External and Social Response
- the only way to communicate with
literature and to evaluate an individual’s
interpretations and thoughts about a
piece of literature.
Physical, Cognitive or Intellectual, and
Aesthetic
Physical Response
- verbal and non-verbal responses
based on physical sensations.
Physical, Cognitive or Intellectual, and
Aesthetic
Cognitive or Intellectual Response
- made after mentally manipulating the
information from the content.
Physical, Cognitive or Intellectual, and
Aesthetic
Aesthetic Response
- involves emotional comprehension
and evaluation of the text.
GUIDE IN
CREATING A
RESPONSE
 Planning
Carefully reread the short story
Write down your insights.

Free write about your

responses
Write down your
overall response.
 Planning
Focus your response
Decide on what you will react.

Identify your audience

Decide what your readers
know or think they know
about your subject
 Writing

Previewing Drafting
Look for various Describe your
features and understanding of
information. the story and
support your
claims.
 Writing

Revising Editing and

Support your Proofreading
response with Correcting run-
quotations. on sentences
We gladly appreciate your
attention!
Bryan Rafael M. Eniego
Jotham Gabriel R. Ebalang
Ryan Taborete
Kurt Gerard V. Tabinga
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