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Always defer to the assignment. You may read or hear different advice on how to craft your response paper. When getting instructions for an assignment, the professor is always right.

Ask questions. If you are unclear on what to do, most professors welcome discussion as much as they welcome properly executed assignments.

Look at example response papers. If you've never written a response paper before, there are several examples available online, usually on university pages. Take note of the style, format and flow of the paper. Get inspired, but never plagiarize.

Proofread your work. Before submitting your assignment, be sure to thoroughly proofread and edit it.

Format your work properly. Remember that whenever you cite outside works, you should always properly credit your sources in the proper format which will usually be MLA format in a college class.

First-person is usually acceptable. An assignment like this more readily acknowledges its author as part of the paper. For example, “I was overwhelmed by the gratuitous ‘ultraviolence’ throughout the work, but understand that some degree of shock was necessary for me to truly get a grasp on the deteriorated state of youth in this dystopia.”

Always defer to the assignment. You may read or hear different advice on how to craft your response paper. When getting instructions for an assignment, the professor is always right.

Ask questions. If you are unclear on what to do, most professors welcome discussion as much as they welcome properly executed assignments.

Look at example response papers. If you've never written a response paper before, there are several examples available online, usually on university pages. Take note of the style, format and flow of the paper. Get inspired, but never plagiarize.

Proofread your work. Before submitting your assignment, be sure to thoroughly proofread and edit it.

Format your work properly. Remember that whenever you cite outside works, you should always properly credit your sources in the proper format which will usually be MLA format in a college class.

First-person is usually acceptable. An assignment like this more readily acknowledges its author as part of the paper. For example, “I was overwhelmed by the gratuitous ‘ultraviolence’ throughout the work, but understand that some degree of shock was necessary for me to truly get a grasp on the deteriorated state of youth in this dystopia.”