How do your reading choices define you (as a reader and as a person)? What part(s) of yourself do you see in the books that you choose (or the one you are currently reading)? How have your choices in reading changed the way you read or the way you see the world? (Although this is more of a metacognitive question, you are still expected to pull evidence from your novel to support your answer.)
What is the most insightful passage of dialogue expressed by a main character in your novel? Copy the dialogue word for word (punctuate correctly!) and cite the page number. Explain in detail what the passage reveals about the character. Discuss also the importance of the words and how they relate to the plot/conflict/tone of the novel.
Find an instance of irony in your novel (verbal, situational, dramatic). Copy the example word for word and analyze how this irony contributes to the story. For example, does it add to the conflict? How? Does it help develop a character? How? Does it change or shift the tone of the story? How? Think: What was the author's overall purpose in developing this kind of irony in the novel.
Describe two minor conflicts that have occurred in your novel. Analyze how each of these conflicts contributes to the main (larger) conflict of the story. Be sure, also, to analyze how each of these conflicts influence the theme or main moral of the novel. Remember that you must use direct textual evidence from your book to help explain your answer.
Explain one of the themes of your novel. What is the main message or moral the author is trying to teach the reader through the actions of the characters, the conflict(s) or other plot elements? Be sure to use direct evidence from the novel to support your ideas. (You may write about more than one theme.)
Choose a character in your novel. In what ways does this character reflect a stereotype(s)? In what ways does this character seem to go against stereotype? Be sure to use specific evidence from your novel to support your answers.
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AuthorsMrs. Diehl and Mr. Wittrock--assessors of your ideas, words and use of evidence. Write well. ArchivesCategories |