English

Directions: Respond to the literature analysis questions below. Each response should be in complete sentences and respond fully to the question. Remember this is your final assessment and should demonstrate understanding of the concepts of the course. 1. What is your initial impression of this work? 2. What is the genre of this selection? 3. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is the climax of this selection? What is the falling action in the story? What is the denouement in the story? 4. Who is the protagonist? Antagonist? 5. What are the most important traits of the main character? Your response must be at least 3-5 sentences in length. 6. What is the setting of the work? Is there more than one? Describe the setting in detail. Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences. 7. Referring to #6, how does the author's use of details affect the setting? You must have a minimum of 5-7 sentences to receive full credit. 8. Why do you think the author chose to emphasize certain details of the setting? Your response should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences. 9. From what point of view is the story narrated? Does the narrator speak in first person (using "I") or in third person? 10. If there is a first-person narrator, is that person (or dog) a major character or a minor character observing the main action? 11. If the narration is in third person, is the narrator omniscient (able to see anything and tell us what is in the characters' minds), or is there limited omniscience so that we see into the mind of only one character? 12. Is the point of view objective, so that we see characters only from the outside but do not see into their minds? 13. Does the point of view change in this work? If so, when? Give an example from the text to support your response. 14. Give 3 examples of figurative language from the selection. List them and give textual evidence to support your response. 15. Pick out at least five phrases which you think are especially important to the story. Briefly describe why you chose each. Your responses should be 3-5 sentences each.