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 OFlaherty 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 authors life can be seen in the story The Sniper? How does knowing about the life of an author add to a readers understanding of a text? How important are the settings in a story? What important events occur at the different 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 OFlaherty 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. 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. 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. Dictionary definition of the literary term Image to visualize the event Identified event from the text Dictionary definition of the literary term Image to visualize the event Identified event from the text Direct quote or excerpt from the text