{"id":"study-literary-lens-classify","audience":"college","category":"studying","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Practice identifying critical lenses in sample readings","free":false,"task":"Your Intro to Literary Theory midterm gives short interpretations and asks which lens each uses. Get exactly 4 numbered sample interpretations of the short story from class, then an 'Answers' line labeling each exactly Formalist, Marxist or Feminist, plain text. Use each lens at least once, and follow your professor's definitions, especially her note about Formalism.","materialLabel":"Your notes and the story summary (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENGL 2400 - Intro to Literary Theory - Prof. Achebe-Ward\n\nCLASS DEFINITIONS:\n- Formalist: looks only at the text itself: structure, imagery, symbols, word choice, point of view. **Prof: \"If an interpretation mentions the author's life, history or society, it is NOT Formalist.\"**\n- Marxist: looks at class, money, labor and power between economic groups.\n- Feminist: looks at gender roles and how women are represented or limited.\n\nSTORY WE READ: \"The Linen Room\" (fictional, class handout)\nSummary: Ada, a laundress at a wealthy family's estate in 1890, works fourteen-hour days. The mistress of the house, Mrs. Halbrook, is not allowed to manage her own money; her husband controls everything. Ada finds a letter revealing that Mrs. Halbrook secretly sold her jewelry to pay Ada's sick brother's doctor. The story ends with Ada folding a white sheet \"until it was small enough to hide.\" The word \"white\" appears eleven times.\n\nMidterm format: \"Read the interpretation. Name the lens.\" 6 items.\n\nOffice hours Thursday 2-4. Reading for next week: ch. 4 (psychoanalytic).","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":160},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many interpretations","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more interpretations than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered interpretations.\"","checks":["questionCount"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each item: \"each interpretation under 30 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"The AI may use other lenses, like psychoanalytic, that aren't on this midterm.","fix":"Say: \"Label each exactly Formalist, Marxist or Feminist.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the professor's rule","why":"The AI may write a 'Formalist' reading that mentions 1890s society, which your professor says isn't Formalist.","fix":"Add: \"Formalist items stay inside the text, per Prof. Achebe-Ward.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Answers next to each item","why":"Seeing the answer right away means you never test yourself.","fix":"Add: \"Put all answers at the end under 'Answers'.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many interpretations","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}interpretation"]},{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["formalist.{0,20}marxist","label"]},{"label":"Uses the professor's rule","patterns":["definition","only the text","formalis"]},{"label":"Puts answers at the end","patterns":["answers?.{0,30}(end|bottom|after|separate)","(end|bottom).{0,20}answers?"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Practice should mirror the midterm. Give the AI the three labels, the professor's definitions, the story to use, and where the answers go.","rubricLabels":["Each answer uses exactly one label, Formalist, Marxist or Feminist, and each label is used at least once","Every answer fits the class definitions, and any Formalist interpretation discusses only the text (such as the repeated word 'white' or the folded sheet) with no mention of history, society or the author","All 4 interpretations are about 'The Linen Room', and all answers appear together after the last item under an 'Answers' line, with no explanations"]}