"At the Poetry Reading," by John Brehm

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

Read "At the Poetry Reading" (page 167)

Write a First Response to "At the Poetry Reading."

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*How did you relate to the narrator?

*How did you feel about the narrator's behavior?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Provide specific textual details and quotations from the poem to justify and/or explain your response to "At the Poetry Reading."

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 2-3 quotations from the poem and discusshow the poem affected you.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum three-quarter (3/4) page; maximum one (1) page

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

February 18, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Comp & Lit II: Spring 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "AT THE POETRY READING"