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Forming and Justifying an Evaluative Personal Response
State a clear personal judgement about a text and justify it with specific textual evidence and reasoning, not vague impression.
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An opinion needs a case
An evaluative personal response is more than saying what you liked or thought — it states a clear judgement and builds a case for it using evidence from the text, the same way you would justify any opinion you wanted someone else to take seriously.