HOW TO WRITE A GOOD READING RESPONSE

Abstract

       阅读英文原著一定是不少同学的爱好，但读完原著后，写一篇好的读书感想也是必不可少的。读书感想，英文称'reading response'，最能反映出读者对原书的理解和掌握程度。写好一篇reading response，究竟需要做好哪些呢？下面请随小编一起一探究竟吧。

构成部分

What Compose A Reading Response Essay?  

A reading response essay includes:

Summarizes what you read. 

Gives your reaction to the text. 

Your reaction will be one or more of the following: 

1.Agreement/disagreement with the ideas in the text. 

2.Reaction to how the ideas in the text relate to your own experience. 

3.Reaction to how ideas in the text relate to other things you've read. 

4.Your analysis of the author and audience. 

5.Your evaluation of how this text tries to convince the reader and whether it is effective. 

Your reaction needs to be critical and thought-provoking.

如何写作

How to Write a Reading Respons,Step by Step： 

Introduction: 

Your introduction will be 1-3 paragraphs. For this essay, because you want to give both information about the subject and also briefly summarize the article you are responding to, you probably need at least two paragraphs. 

In all introductions, you want to:  

Get the reader’s attention. 

Describe your subject. 

Give your thesis. 

For a responsive reading essay, you  need to:  

Mention the author and the title of the article you are discussing. 

Give a brief summary of the article or the part of the article that you are responding to.

How to get the reader’s attention?

上文提到，reading response 的introduction部分就要吸引读者的眼球，那么，可以用哪些方式来调动他们的兴趣呢？                

                                             you can use

     a startling statistic, 

an interesting fact, 

an appropriate quotation, 

an anecdote, 

a scenario（剧情梗概）

a conversation, 

a story, 

a question your essay will answer, 

an example, 

or general information about the topic.

作为初学者，照着指示，将上面所说的内容一一展示出来，用上一点儿技巧，处理好详略，用好词汇，一定可以写出一篇不错的reading response~

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