GENERAL
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel/story you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of the same).
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel/story.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or
sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include text name and page numbers for easy reference.)
CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?
3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.
4. After reading the bookstory did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
