RESEARCH Research to Clarify Choose at least one unfamiliar detail from the text. Briefly research that detail. In
what way does the information you learned shed light on an aspect of the story?

6. Detail:

7. How does the information you learned shed light on an aspect of the story?

Research to Explore Choose something from the text that interests you, and formulate a research
question.

8. Research Question:​

From Alfred Hitchcock’s examples, it is clear that he expects readers to be familiar with his films. However, some readers may not have seen Hitchcock’s movies. From the examples in paragraph 3 and 4 I can infer that he created bloody movies full of violence. It states, “A man has been murdered,” and “slugs him into insensibility.” From these phrases you can certainly conclude the type of movies he made. However, in paragraph 6 Alfred Hitchcock says for himself, “For 17 years I have been making pictures described alternatively, as thrillers, dark mysteries, and chillers, yet I have never actually directed a whodunit or a puzzler. “ Here he confirms the type of movies he created.