Book Analysis Project (To Print) _Instructions and Document

Saint Phillipe Private School

Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

English Course 12 Grade                                                             Group: ________________

Ms. C. Maldonado                                                                        Due Date: March 22, 2016.

Book Analysis Project

Student’s Name: _______________________________________                  Value: 100 pts.

Instructions: After completing the goodreads.com book search worksheet and having selected your book, proceed to read your book. During the reading review the questions provided in this project and answer the questions using the book you read.

I.              Basic Information About the book.         ( Value: 2 pts each. 8)

A.   Tittle of the book. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ B.   Name of the author. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C.   When the book was written or published. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ D.   Who is the publisher? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

II.            Author’s background information: (Answer the following questions based on the author’s biography or background information). (Value: 3 pts each. 21) a.    What is the author’s nationality? b.    When and where was the author born? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c.    What was the political, social or religious status of that particular time period? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ d.    Mention any important event that happened on that particular period of time in the country, city or town. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ e.    What was the author’s family situation? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ f.     Did a particular event had special meaning in the author’s life?   Describe it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ g.    What age did the author’s had when this happened? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

III.           Mention the 5 elements of a story. (Value 2 pts each. 24) Characters:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A.    Give four distinct ways the author establishes characterization, and for each instance noted, support your observation with a reference (not a quotation) from the book. 1.    ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.    ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5.    Are the characters flat or three-dimensional? Explain ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6.    Does character development occur? Describe. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7.    Is character delineation direct or indirect? (How is the character’s traits found out by the reader, directly or indirectly?) Explain your answer. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________        ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Setting: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Plot: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conflict/ Type of Conflict/Describe: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Theme:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

IV.          Literary Genre/Literary Devices (Value 3 pts each. 27) a.    To what literary genre does your book belong? b.    What sub- genre does your book belong? c.    What Literary Devices are most common on your book? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ d.    Write an example of literary device from your book. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ e.    Mention any archetype that you may find on your book, describe it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ f.     Describe any example of allusion from your book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ g.    Describe and mention an example of personification from your book. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ h.    Describe any example of metaphor or simile from your selected book. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ i.      What is the point of view of the book? Who is the narrator? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

V.            Book appeal.   (Value: 2 pts each. 4) 1.    What is the part of the book you where most surprised to discover? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.    What is the first thing that caught your attention from the book? Describe/Explain. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

VI.          Strengths and weaknesses of the book.     (Value:  2 pts each. 10) A.    List several strengths of the book. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ B.    List several weaknesses of the book. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C.   Say what sort of person would enjoy the book. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ d. Would you recommend this book to some other reader? Explain why. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ e. What do you think, was the author’s purpose in writing this book? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

VII.         Write an honest review of your book as seen on good reads. Rate your book with 1 to 5 stars. ***** (For examples please revise goodreads.com and read the reviews of any book you can find. Follow the examples on the website. (Please don’t use foul language on your review) Remember this is a School Project. (Value: 6 pts) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________