BOOK REPORTS ARE DUE ON MARCH 12th FOR A DAY AND MARCH 13th FOR B DAY. THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE FOR ANY REASON.
Your report must be typed in MLA format and include the following:
Your report must be typed in MLA format and include the following:
- A two-paragraph summary of the work including the title and author, major characters, events, setting, and tone.
- A one-paragraph explanation of the main theme or argument of the work.
- A one-sentence statement of the theme or argument (like a thesis statement). Please make sure you are not just listing a subject or a topic. The theme should be what the work is saying about that subject or topic.
- Five "golden passages" from the work that contain rhetorical devices or figurative language that supports the theme. Each quote should be accompanied by a paragraph explanation of the rhetorical device and how it is used to support the work's argument.
- A short, three-paragraph essay comparing/contrasting this work's tone, argument, and use of rhetoric with Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. The body paragraph should be very careful to include all three elements and examples from each work.
- A completed reading record for the work.