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Exercise 2 Brainstorming vocabulary

A. After reading the article of ‘Refugee’, select adjectives from the list below

or other adjectives that you know to describe the emotions the article
arouse.
angry pity happy amazed bitter sympathetic

sad disgusted hopeful depressed guilty awful

worried miserable dejected sick annoyed proud

B. Write three sentences that describe your feelings after reading the article
of ‘Refugee’. Use adjectives from the lists you selected above. You may
use more than one adjective in each sentence.
1. __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

Rhetorical Focus

Reaction Organization

In a reaction essay, the writer analyzes and evaluates his/her response or
reaction based on his/her own view (not anyone else’s) to a prompt or prompts,
which can be articles, books, photographs, movies, or even TV shows. In this
unit, however, the emphasis is put on reaction given specifically to academic

articles.

Introduction
 The hook focuses the reader’s attention on the subject matter discussed in the

prompt.
 Background information includes the author, the title of the prompt, the

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