Name: Due Monday, August 28, 2017 (Main Office, JHS) A.P. LITERATURE SUMMER READING LITERARY ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT Title: _ Author: Year: Plot Summary Characters (For important characters, give name, role in story, personality traits, physical traits; identify as protagonist, antagonist; identify as round [detailed] or flat [not detailed], static [unchanging] or dynamic [changing]) Setting (place and time; what role the setting plays in the story)
Tone (how is the story being told seriously?, humorously?, etc., and how is the tone conveyed?) Mood (what is the mood of the story suspenseful? sentimental?, etc.; why does the story have this mood?) Point of View (what point of view or narrative perspective is used to tell the story? How does this add to the story?) Conflict (explain the main conflict or conflicts in the story. Are these conflicts resolved by the end of the book?) Theme (In one sentence, state what you consider to be the main idea of the story or the author s message.) Title (explain the significance of the title as it relates to the story. Include both literal and symbolic interpretation of the title, if possible. Why did the author choose this title for this book?)
Historical or Cultural Significance (Explain what this book shows or tells about the time period in which it was written, whether that is in the past or the present day. What issues are the characters having to deal with that show something about their world?) Are the characters believable can you imagine a real person acting, thinking, or feeling this way? Explain. Is the theme or message of the book one that people today could apply to their lives? Explain. What was good about this book? What was bad about this book? Did you like the author s writing style? Why or why not?
Describe a part of the story you can relate to. Explain how you have a particular understanding of this situation, type of place, type of person, etc. What have you learned more about as a result of reading this book? What lesson about life or the world have you learned or had reinforced through this story? Compare this book to something else that you have read, or to a movie or play that you have seen. On the following pages, record twenty quotations from your novel that are both significant to your interpretation of the work as a whole and that reflect the use of the symbols and patterns identified and discussed in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Identify the topic from How to Read Literature Like a Professor and provide some analysis of the quotation. A sample is completed below for your reference using the Great Gatsby.. Quote (please copy the full quotation) & Topic Topic: Setting/weather rain The day agreed upon was pouring rain. #. Quote: (Chapter 5) Rain traps characters together or forces them apart. In Gatsby, it only rains twice; this quote is from the first time, when Gatsby has planned to see Daisy again for the first time in five years. He wants to lure Daisy away from her husband. Rain appears again on the day of Gatsby s funeral when he and Daisy are permanently forced apart.
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