Reaction Paper

Keize Louise Española XI-Honesty

Philomena Keith Palacio XI-Honesty
Frederick Pino XI-Honesty

Reaction Paper
 is a task that requires a student to analyze information and give comments on a
certain text or media.
 is different from a review in that it is composed in the first person and assumes
subjective point of view.
 it requires a close reading of the text that goes beyond to implied ideas and
elaborate evaluate and analyze the author’s purpose and main points.
Importance of Reaction Paper
 it helps us to improve the written output and also deepens its content.
 It helps us in our daily decisions by following the opinions of those people who
are more educated and more experienced in life.
 It focuses your thinking on a topic after a close examination of the source
material.
Content and Structure of Reaction Paper
 Introduction- contains all the basic information in one or two paragraphs.
 Body- contains paragraphs that provide support for your idea. Each paragraph
should contain one idea.
 Conclusion- can be a restatement of what you said in your paper. It can also be a
comment which focuses your overall reaction.
Techniques in Making Reaction Paper
 Identify the author and title of the work and include in parentheses the publisher
and publication date. For magazines‚ give the date of publication.
 Write an informative summary of the material.
 Condense the content of the work by highlighting its main and key supporting
points.
 Use direct quotations from the work to illustrate important ideas.
 Summarize the material so that the readers gets a general sense of all key
aspects of the original work
 Do not discuss in great detail any single aspect of the work‚ and do not neglect to
mention other equally important points.
 Also‚ keep the summary objective and factual. Do not include in the first part of
the paper your reaction to the work; your subjective impression will form the
basis of the second part of your paper.