Esperanza Rising Writing Assignments Response to Literature

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Personal Narrative Short Story Descriptive Persuasive Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect Problem and Solution Response To Literature The typical response to literature expresses the what, how, and why behind a piece of literature's effect on the reader. For Esperanza Rising, one response to literature may be:   Although a fictional account, Esperanza Rising could have just as easily been a biographical narrative of one of the thousands of young women that were forced to leave their homes in Mexico for greener pastures in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Compose a response to literature in which you explain what you have learned form reading about Esperanza's experiences, reactions, and thoughts.   Additionally, a wonderful website that can assist with providing rubrics for your writing assignments can be found here.

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