Checklist for How
Writing Works, Chapter 3: Writing New Genres
Genre: Response Essay
| Response essay | Essays that respond to a reading assignment or prompt, sometimes called reader response essays, reaction papers, or simply “response papers” or “response essays.” | 3 |
Brief Project Description: A response essay is a
student essay that responds to a reading assignment or other text, whether
visual, cinematic, or otherwise.
Genre Checklist: Response
Essay
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Does your response essay clearly identify the text
that it is responding to, including the title, author, and other important
information?
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Did
you consider all of your possible audiences when writing your response essay,
including your professor and your classmates?
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Does your response essay say something new or
interesting about the reading and what it means?
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Do
you point to specific places in the text you are responding to (e.g., by
citing page numbers or specific scenes or events) to support your analysis?
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Do you link your response essay to the content of
the class that you are writing the response essay for?
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Is
the style of your response essay appropriate for the genre?
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Did you proofread and edit carefully to avoid
grammar and mechanical errors?
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