As a review for content covered during the course of the year, answer each of the following questions for each of the texts studied in class.
- Who is the protagonist/antagonist/hero/antihero?
- To what extent are characters developed? How? Why?
- In what meaningful ways do characters evolve or stay the same during the course of the story? (character arc)
- How do these changes or lack thereof impact the story?
- When and where does the story take place? (cultural milieu, context)
- What importance do setting and time period/frame play in the story, or for characters within the story?
- What conflicts are present in the story?
- What, if any, is the central conflict of the story? (complication)
- How/Is the conflict resolved?
- In what ways is the story universally appealing? (universality, verisimilitude)
- What are the themes presented through the story?
- What is the central theme of the story?
- What literary techniques did the author utilize to make his/her story more effective?
- BIG IDEA: What are the concepts that connect the stories?