Personal response crafting
The ability to articulate personal, individual responses to texts while grounding responses in close textual analysis and supporting evidence. Personal response means individual interpretation informed by textual evidence, not unsupported opinion.
Real World
When Emma Thompson discussed adapting 'Sense and Sensibility', she articulated her own reading of Elinor as repressed rather than simply restrained — a fresh interpretation grounded in close attention to Austen's dialogue.
Exam Focus
Signal your personal voice with phrases like 'I would argue' or 'my reading is', always anchoring claims to specific textual evidence.
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