Independent Novel Summary

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Independent Novel Summary Analysis

• English III

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A Choice Assignment

• 75 points

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What to include in the presentation
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Authors background

• Date of birth and birthplace
• Pivotal moments in authors life
• Major influences on the author
• Death
• Image

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Books Cover

• Place covers image here

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The Title

• The importance of the title
• The meaning of the title
• Alternatives of the title (possibly the authors)

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Novels Theme or Themes

• What is/are the main theme(s) of your novel?

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Critical Reviews

• Place five critical reviews here

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Novels Setting Brief Summary

• Time Period
• Place
• Duration of the setting
• Genre
• Plot main characters
• A teaser

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Timeline (if applicable)

• Historically, what has happened around the time
  period of the book?

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Introductory Paragraph

• Place introductory paragraph(s) here for analysis
  and discussion
• Example from The Great Gatsby
• In my younger and more vulnerable years, my
  father gave me some advice that Ive been turning
  over in my mind ever since.     Whenever you
  feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just
  remember that all the people in this world
  havent had the advantages that youve had.

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And
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Representative Text

• Embed novels exemplary text here for analysis.
• Use text that comes later in the novel.

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Syntax Diction

• Analyze the writers style by looking at the
  following
• Sentence length
• Sentence beginnings
• Literary devices or terms (metaphors, similes,
  allusion, flashback, )
• Active and passive voice
• Patterns
• Inferences

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Syntax Diction continued

• Analyze the writers style by looking at the
  following
• Paragraphs
• Point of view
• Verb tense
• Dialogue
• Word choice
• Connotation vs. denotation

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Answer 3 of the 7

• What did you like/ dislike about the story?
• Name your favorite scene of the story and tell
  why.
• How would you rewrite the ending?
• If you could be a character in the story, who
  would you be?
• What points in the book did you find interesting?
• How does this book compare to another book that
  you have read? (Similarities or dissimilarities)
• To whom would you recommend this book? Why?

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Works Cited

• MLA format

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Questions?