Openers for VISION IR Project You may use these openers to help you get started on each paragraph, or write your own. Remember— You must have four paragraphs that use these openers. (You may create your own openers, but be sure that they respond to, analyze, or evaluate the book rather than just summarizing it.) No more than one may be response. You must have a quote (and an analysis of that quote) in at least one paragraph. Don’t focus the whole paragraph around the quote—instead, an opener and use the quote to support what you have to say about it. Be sure to explain why the quote you chose was significant, or what it shows about the author’s writing/ choices/ your response. Response (one only) Analysis Evaluation I was surprised when… The character If I were the author I would development… have…because… I was angry about… The author created I think the author was wise suspense by… to…because… I was satisfied with… The narrative voice… I the author made a mistake by…because… I was moved by… The structure of this I wish that the author book… had…because… I liked the way the author… I’d say a theme of this The _________ was effective/ book is… ineffective because… The main character is This book is typical/ I understood why the like/unlike me because… atypical of its author…but I wish… because… If I were a character in the I noticed how the This book is better/ worse book/ in a situation like author… than ____________ this, I would… because… I wish that… The author’s tone I disagree/ agree with the was… author’s decision to…because… I didn’t agree with… I’d say the overall mood of the book (Choose anything you could was… have written about for the analysis paragraph, then write I rated this one ___ I think _________ was about whether or not it was because… a symbol in the book because effective and why) Do not … use the same event twice. This book reminds me The author used of…because… figurative/ sensory language like…in order to…
Openers for VISION IR Project You may use these openers to help you get started on each paragraph, or write your own. Remember— You must have four paragraphs that use these openers. (You may create your own openers, but be sure that they respond to, analyze, or evaluate the book rather than just summarizing it.) No more than one may be response. You must have a quote (and an analysis of that quote) in at least one paragraph. Don’t focus the whole paragraph around the quote—instead, an opener and use the quote to support what you have to say about it. Be sure to explain why the quote you chose was significant, or what it shows about the author’s writing/ choices/ your response. Response (one only) Analysis Evaluation I was surprised when… The character development… If I were the author I would have…because… I was angry about… The author created suspense by… I think the author was wise to…because… I was satisfied with… The narrative voice… I the author made a mistake by…because… I was moved by… The structure of this book… I wish that the author had…because… I liked the way the author… I’d say a theme of this book is… The _________ was effective/ ineffective because… The main character is like/unlike me because… This book is typical/ atypical of its because… I understood why the author…but I wish… If I were a character in the book/ in a situation like this, I would… I noticed how the author… This book is better/ worse than ____________ because… I wish that… The author’s tone was… I disagree/ agree with the author’s decision to…because… I didn’t agree with… I’d say the overall mood of the book was… (Choose anything you could have written about for the analysis paragraph, then write about whether or not it was effective and why) Do not use the same event twice. I rated this one ___ because… I think _________ was a symbol in the book because … This book reminds me of…because… The author used figurative/ sensory language like…in order to…
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