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Reading Response Journal
Short Story
Double space all your work after the heading with no extra spaces between paragraphs. Indent each paragraph (1 tab or 5 spaces).
1st paragraph (introduction)
What is the title of the short story? Short story titles are put in quotation marks (" ").
What is the name of the book in which this short story is found. (Be sure to underline the title and capitalize the first and last words and all other words except articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.), prepositions (in, on, over, under, etc.), and the word to in an infinitive (ex. to go).
Who is the author of the short story?
Write a main idea statement, which would include the type of story it was. (drama, humor, suspense,
historical, etc.)
2nd paragraph (summary)
Where does the story take place and when? What is the setting's (time and place) significance to the story? If time and place are not given, why not?
What is the main conflict in the story, and how does it affect the protagonist (the main character). Does the conflict originate with another character, nature, a societal problem, or within the protagonist himself?
How does the protagonist resolve the problem?
What people in the novel get in the way of the resolution?
Which ones help? How do they help or hinder?
3rd paragraph (response)
What do you feel the author was trying to say in this work?
How did the novel affect you?
Respond to other issues of your choice.
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