In Class Essay

AP JUNIOR ENGLISH / Warfield/ 2008-2009 Due Friday, Dec. 5 Novel #2 At Home Essay Questions

750 words (?)

50 points

1. Summarize the novel, including the narrative trajectory of the main character(s). If it helps, diagram the plot using the parts of plot that we studied in Green Sheet #1 (Exposition, Rising Action, etc.) 2. Tell how the novel ends (what is the resolution?) In what ways has the main character changed or grown or what has he or she come to understand or recognize about themselves or the world around them? 3. Identify the narrator and his/her interaction with the plot/characters 4. Speculate on the meaning or a major theme of the novel—link this theme to the fate of the main character(s). 5. Look back at the first paragraph and consider how an image, concept, word, phrase, sentence, etc. found there might echo throughout of the novel. What are the repercussions of this image, concept etc. in terms of the novel’s central message or theme? Use a dictionary if necessary.

AP JUNIOR ENGLISH / Warfield/ 2008-2009 Due Friday, Dec. 5 Novel #2 At Home Essay Questions

750 words (?)

50 points

1. Summarize the novel, including the narrative trajectory of the main character(s). If it helps, diagram the plot using the parts of plot that we studied in Green Sheet #1 (Exposition, Rising Action, etc.) 2. Tell how the novel ends (what is the resolution?) In what ways has the main character changed or grown or what has he or she come to understand or recognize about themselves or the world around them? 3. Identify the narrator and his/her interaction with the plot/characters 4. Speculate on the meaning or a major theme of the novel—link this theme to the fate of the main character(s). 5. Look back at the first paragraph and consider how an image, concept, word, phrase, sentence, etc. found there might echo throughout of the novel. What are the repercussions of this image, concept etc. in terms of the novel’s central message or theme? Use a dictionary if necessary.