Personal Response essay - Types of Reflections (Fog a Dox)

What kinds of connections/reflections can you make in a Personal Response Essay? Select

• Text to Self

• Text to Author

• Text to World

• Text to Text

How would you define a 'Text to Self' Connection?

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Text to Self is when you make a connection between your life and the text.

How would you define a 'Text to World' connection?

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Text to World is when you connect something from the text to your knowledge of real-world events, history, people, locations etc.

How would you define 'Text to Text' connections?

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Text to Text is when you find a connection between the main text and other books, poems, movies, songs, tv shows, articles etc. This could be a similarity in events, characters, themes or messages.

Read this personal reflection on 'Fog a Dox'. What type of reflection is it?

"I can empathise with Vera because I have experienced a family member being diagnosed with cancer. Based on my experience, I think that Vera wants to pretend like nothing is wrong."

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

Read this personal reflection on 'Fog a Dox'. What type of reflection is it?

"Albert's connection to the bush reminds me of the poem 'Mother Earth' by Nola Gregory. In the poem, the voice talks about a "return to my place" in nature."

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

Read this personal reflection on 'Fog a Dox'. What type of reflection is it?

"Dave's 'superhuman' effort to save Albert is similar to the concept of hysterical strength, which is when people are able to do extraordinary things during a crisis. An example of this was a woman fighting a polar bear to save her children. I would say this shows how much Dave cared about Albert."

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

Organize these personal reflections into the right categories

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(a) Text to Self

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(b) Text to World

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(c) Text to Text

• When reading this part of the text, I was reminded of my own love of nature.

• When reading about Albert's connection to Brim, I thought about 'Runt' by Craig Silvey.

• The theme of isolation is also reflected in Lord Byron's poem, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

• The isolation of the characters in 'Fog a Dox' is similar to COVID lockdowns.

• Aboriginal people have fought to revive their languages, as reflected by Albert using Maap.

• I can relate to Maria's experience of loneliness, as I spent a lot of time in hospital.