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Writing a response to a literary critique

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Let's take a step-by-step look at how to write the introduction for a response to a literary critique. First write a sentence mentioning the novel you read for class and include an overview of the entire book.            Benito Cereno  by Herman Melville (1855), Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945), or Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897). This will help your audience to understand what your paper is about. Next: Write a sentence explaining to what critical literary essay are you responding?           1) Grandin, Greg. “Who Ain’t a Slave? Historical fact and fiction of ‘Benito Cereno’. The Chronicle of Higher Education . 16 Dec. 2013. www.chronicle.com.            2) Rodden, John and John Rossi. “Animal Farm at 70.” Modern Age . Vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 19- 27. EBSCO host.            Or 3) Senf, Carol A. “‘Dracula’: The Unseen Face in the Mirror.” The Journal of Narrative Technique . Vol. 9, no. 3, Fall 1979.Pp. 160-170. EBSCO Host. This sentence should include the name of the c