Literary Merit Literature Log #1
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5 questions
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What is the title of your Literary Merit text?
What is the title of your Literary Merit text?
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How many pages are there? Which page are you on right now?
How many pages are there? Which page are you on right now?
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Type the author's name here.
Type the author's name here.
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How much longer do you estimate it will take you to finish your Literary Merit book?
How much longer do you estimate it will take you to finish your Literary Merit book?
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In an extended paragraph, choose ONE of the following prompts to respond to:
1. Describe a difficult situation a character is in. How would you behave in such a situation?2. Choose a passage from the book you think is important and reflect on its meaning. Why is it important? Does it connect to or reflect any of the book's themes?3. Reflect upon the learning you have gained from reading this work of literature.4. Do any of the characters' actions parallel anything in your own life? Explain the correlation.5. Does the main character remind you of characters from any other work of literature? Explain.6. Compare and/or contrast a character in the book to another character in a different piece of literature.7. Describe a major conflict in the book. How do you think it will be resolved? Or how do you think it could have been resolved more efficiently?8. Authors choose titles of their novels very carefully and specifically. Describe and explain thoroughly the significance of the title.9. Setting includes the physical environment, but it also includes time and place. Often it is used significantly: it may be a motivating force in behavior or a reflection of characters' states of mind, etc. Write a thorough explanation of the importance of setting in this novel. Explain the uses the author makes of it.10. Is this novel a hero's journey? What evidence do you see of that? What archetypes and stages have you read about so far? What do you think will happen to this hero? Will he/she complete his/her journey?
In an extended paragraph, choose ONE of the following prompts to respond to:
1. Describe a difficult situation a character is in. How would you behave in such a situation?
2. Choose a passage from the book you think is important and reflect on its meaning. Why is it important? Does it connect to or reflect any of the book's themes?
3. Reflect upon the learning you have gained from reading this work of literature.
4. Do any of the characters' actions parallel anything in your own life? Explain the correlation.
5. Does the main character remind you of characters from any other work of literature? Explain.
6. Compare and/or contrast a character in the book to another character in a different piece of literature.
7. Describe a major conflict in the book. How do you think it will be resolved? Or how do you think it could have been resolved more efficiently?
8. Authors choose titles of their novels very carefully and specifically. Describe and explain thoroughly the significance of the title.
9. Setting includes the physical environment, but it also includes time and place. Often it is used significantly: it may be a motivating force in behavior or a reflection of characters' states of mind, etc. Write a thorough explanation of the importance of setting in this novel. Explain the uses the author makes of it.
10. Is this novel a hero's journey? What evidence do you see of that? What archetypes and stages have you read about so far? What do you think will happen to this hero? Will he/she complete his/her journey?