Name Nicole Jeffries

Major Works Data Sheet

MLA Book Citation: Biographical information about author:
ie. Tan, Amy. The Bonesetter's Daughter. New York: Putnam, 2001. April 8th on this day in 1955 Barbara
Print. Kingsolver was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Soon
ie. Last Name, First. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, date. Type after her family relocated to a rural Kentucky town
of Source. where the only way to survive was through hard
work. At this point Barbara did not believe she could
write as a profession and in fact did not even go to
Genre: fiction college for writing. She attended DePauw University
Point of View: in Indiana to instead major in biology. While in
college Barbara joined anti-Vietnam campaign being
Tone: out the social activist within.
Description of Author’s Writing Style:

Plot Summary:

Characteristics of the genre:

Historical info. about the period of publication

(what is happening historically at the time of
the publication—preferably, the first
publication):
 Characters
Name

Role in story

Characteristics (3-5 adj.)

Quote that reveals

character, page
number, and
explanation

Name

Role in story

Characteristics (3-5 adj.)

Quote that reveals
character, page
number, and
explanation

Name

Role in story

Characteristics (3-5 adj.)

Quote that reveals
character, page
number, and
explanation

Name

Role in story

Characteristics (3-5 adj.)

Quote that reveals
character, page
number, and
explanation
 Memorable Quotations
Quotation/speaker/page # Importance

Examples of Literary Techniques

(Imagery, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, irony, foreshadowing, etc.) :
Quotation/speaker/page # Importance
 Setting (time and place) Mood
The atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting.

Ideas from How to Read Literature Like a
Professor
Consider the quest, symbols, Christ figure, flight, water, weather, geography,
violence, seasons, disease, blindness, irony, baptism, aha factor, etc. Select at
least two patterns from How to Read Lit… to discuss
Themes (3) & Explanation
A theme is a universal/main idea behind a novel, or the deeper meaning of the
work; it does NOT include plot details, though details may be discussed in your
analysis.

Importance of opening scene Importance of closing scene

Personal Comments and Analysis:

MLA List of References (List where you found information for this assignment):
ie. Phillips, Brian and Sekaran, Shanti. SparkNote on The Outsiders. 23 July 2006. Web. 29 April 2010.
ie. Sauder, Diane. MonkeyNotes on The Outsidesr. 1 August 2006. Web. 29 April 2010.