This is an example of a digital portfolio that was created for a previous section of IDS 101.

1. DIGITAL PORTFOLIO Of Urban Legends By Student Name

2. Reader Response Criticism

3. Approaching ULs: The Reader’s Response Criticism is an approach to urban legends that shows that the urban legends have NO meaning until the reader reads the story. The picture of the ink blot, is a simple depiction of this approach. When looking at the ink blot, people tend to just see an ink blot. However, when people see past that, different people create different pictures with their mind. Therefore, this ink blot has no meaning until a person really begins to stare at it and let their imagination run wild.

4. Fear

5. Emotion: This picture shows a person fearfully hiding behind a door. Though there are some comical urban legends, a lot of the most well known urban legends are scary ones. People find it enjoyable to strike fear into people, give them goose bumps, and make them want to run and hide. This is why the scary urban legends are the best ones to tell. It is common to think of fear or a scary tale when the words Urban Legends are brought up.

6. Lesson: Don’t do what you are not supposed to Lesson:

7. Warning/Lesson: Many people learn lessons in classrooms, whether it’s a math lesson, life lesson, or any other kind of lesson. So it is only right that when I am trying to depict the lessons, morals, or warnings for urban legends, I use the scene of a class room. Urban legends have lessons or warnings within them. They may not be obvious enough to hit you in the face, but if you clearly read the text and allow yourself to absorb it and understand it, there is usually a lesson or warning available to the reader.

8. Location

9. Cultural Beliefs Cultural beliefs are beliefs based how and where one was brought up. Americans have different cultural beliefs than a tribe deep inside of Africa. Depending on where the story originated, there may be different cultural beliefs embedded within the story. This map, shows all the countries on the planet Earth. Just because two places may be somewhat close, such as the U.S and Mexico, doesn’t mean we have the same cultural beliefs. An example of a cultural belief could be how Mexicans celebrate the day of the dead as a celebration with food, games, and fiestas, while most mourn. A story that originated in Mexico, could take death as a good thing and not as scary.