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3. How does the author seek to influence the reader's responses? (adapted from
Leland Ryken, Windows to the World)
- How does the author control what the reader sees and doesn't see?
- Are alternatives offered within the work?
- Does the author make evaluative descriptions of characters, scenes, or events?
- Are any motifs repeated to stress an idea?
- Are any aspects of the work highlighted through exaggeration?
- Are any details stressed by omitting others?
- Are any elements foregrounded while others are caused to recede?
- Does the author choose a particular context to make a point?
- Does the ending of the work influence its meaning?
- Does the author make any direct statements as to the work's meaning?
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