literary response “the sniper” read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the...

Literary Response

“The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the

setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. 

How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show

the essential traits of the protagonist/main character?

Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH

Which details about the author’s life can be seen in the story “The Sniper”?

How does knowing about the life of an author add to a reader’s understanding of a text?

How important are the settings in a story?

What important events occur at the various settings?

What do these events reveal about the characters?

Literary Response

“The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the

setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. 

How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show

the essential traits of the protagonist/main character?

Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

Literary Response Planning Stage 

List the important details about the setting

List the important details about the conflict

List the important details about the protagonist

Select the details that will best help you to share your own conclusions and

judgments about the text.

Page #

Important Event

Reason the Event was SIGNIFICANT

Specific SettingInclude an

Illustration

10

11

12

13

14

What role does the setting play in depicting the important traits of the main character as they relate to the story’s conflict?

Annotations

*Focuses on the important literary

elements and skills

Literary Terms

1. Define each literary term. Rephrase, paraphrase, and use your own words to simplify the meaning.

2. Identify an event in the story that illustrates or shows each literary term in “The Sniper”. List each event next to the literary term. *Use three events for the “rising action”

3. Locate an image to depict your visualization of each event. Insert the image into your story map next to the event and literary term.

4. Select an excerpt from the text that matches each event. Be sure to use significant details as your examples.

Dictionary definition of the

literary term

Image to visualize the

event

Identified event from the text

Direct quote or excerpt from

the text

Dictionary definition of the

literary term

Image to visualize the

event

Identified event from the text

Literary Response

“The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the

setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. 

How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show

the essential traits of the protagonist/main character?

Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

Planning Your Response

How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show the essential traits of the

protagonist/main character?

Examine the question carefully and think about how you can best respond to each section.

*List the details from the text that you would use in your answer.

How many paragraphs would you use to express your ideas in an organized response?

*List the paragraphs and state what would be the main idea or purpose/function of EACH paragraph.

Select a couple of DIRECT QUOTES to use as TEXTUAL EVIDENCE to support your claims.

*Copy the quotes exactly as they appear in the text and include the page number where each can be found.