Bookreport
Questions to answer for your book report
Plot
- Describe what occurs during the exposition.
- Describe what occurs during the complication.
- Describe what occurs in the climax.
- Describe what occurs in the resolution.
- List and describe 5 examples of external conflict.
- List and describe 5 examples of internal conflict.
- List and describe 3 examples of suspense.
- Make sure you describe the most suspenseful event.
Character
What is revealed through the protagonist’s speech?
- What is revealed through the protagonist’s thoughts?
- What is revealed through the protagonist’s appearance?
- What is revealed through what others say or think about the protagonist?
- What is revealed through the protagonist’s actions?
- Does the protagonist change during the story?
Does this change make the protagonist a dynamic character? How?
- What is revealed through the antagonist’s speech?
- What is revealed through the antagonist’s thoughts?
- What is revealed through the antagonist’s appearance?
- What is revealed through what others say or think about the antagonist?
- What is revealed through the antagonist’s actions?
- Is the antagonist a dynamic or static character and why?
- List the static characters and describe their role in the story.
Setting
Where is the location of the story? List the country, region, locale, and exact place of most of the story.
- When is the story taking place? What year, season, and time of day dominate the story?
- What do you sense about the setting? Describe the smells, tastes, sights, sounds, and physical feelings.
- What emotions are linked with the setting?
- Does the setting act as a source of conflict? How and with what effect on the characters?
- Does the setting act as a character in the story? How?
Point of view
- Who is telling the story?
- How much does the narrator know? Give examples.
- How much does the narrator want the reader to understand? Give examples.
- What point of view is the narrator taking in the story?
- Describe the tone the narrator takes throughout most of the story.
Theme
- What insight about human nature is revealed in the story?
- What view of the world is presented in the story?
- Do you agree with the author’s view of the world? Why or why not?
- If the title reveals a hint about the meaning of the story-describe how.
- Does an object, a setting, an event, an animal, or a person stand for something greater than itself? How often does this symbol occur?
- What do the symbols stand for?
- Is there a problem in the story? How is it solved?
- Using the 3 steps, a. subject, b. values transmitted, c. how the main character solves the problem and what this teaches about life in general, state a possible theme for the novel.
