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Response Text
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Response Purpose
A
response is a piece of writing that responds to an artistic work
such as an athletic performance, a book,
film, play, dance or musical item. Structure
The
three parts of a response are: ·
An opening statement that
identifies the work and may include a preview of the writers response ·
A series of paragraphs which
describe different elements or features of the work. It uses to express
value judgement, cause and effect, and a high degree of modality
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Response Scaffold Opening statement identifies the work and its context ........................................................... .................................................................................
. Feature 1
Feature 2
Feature
3
Personal response/ cultural or societal
response/Evaluation
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Language features of a
response Powerful descriptive words intense, brilliant, legendary, evocative, controversial, inspiring Present tense is, are, begins, feels Words indicating judgement and authors attitude will find, highly recommended, | |
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Examples of a response Book reviews, film and play reviews, response to a work of art |
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References: Greef, C. (1995). Summary of school text types in science [Draft]. Disadvantaged Schools Program Anderson, M. & Anderson, K. (1997). Text types in English 1. Macmillan: South Yarra. Anderson, M. & Anderson, K. (1997). Text types in English 2. Macmillan: South Yarra. Literacy Committee, St Andrews Cathedral School |
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