Extra Credit - Book Talk

Here’s another extra credit opportunity. Do the following, and post here on my blog, or send me your comments as an email attention.  10 Point E.C.

Book Talk Outline:

1. Characters
   1. Who are the major characters in the story?
   2. What are their relationships to each other?
   3. List 3 character traits for each major character.  One can be a physical trait, but the other two must be personality traits.
2. Setting
   1. Time (future, modern day, a year in the past…?)
   2. Place (Describe the physical location in approximately 5 sentences.)
3. Mood and Tone
   1. What is the atmosphere or emotion in the story?  Does it change throughout the story, or is it usually the same?
   2. What is the writer’s attitude toward the subject?  (Familiar, ironic, playful, sarcastic, serious, sincere…?)
4. Point of View
   1. Is the story told in first-, second-, or third-person?  Is the narrator limited in knowledge or omniscient?
5. Conflict
   1. What is the major conflict in the story?  Is it internal or external?
6. Plot
   1. Plot is the events that happen in the story.  Since you don’t want to retell the whole story to us in this assignment, and you may not have finished reading yet…Write a 3-paragraph summary that could go on the back cover of the book.  DO NOT COPY THE ONE ALREADY ON THE BOOK YOU READ! 
   2. Your new summary should list the characters, setting, conflict, and then fill in some necessary details to tell me what the story is about.  Make me want to read it!  Leave me in suspense…