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Book Chart. Introductory Information. Title: Pride & Prejudice Author: Jane Austen (1775-1817) Date of Publication: 1813 Genre: Satire; comedy of manners. Title: As I Lay Dying Author: William Faulkner (1897-1962) Date of Publication: 1930

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Book Chart

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  1. Book Chart

  2. Introductory Information Title: Pride & Prejudice Author: Jane Austen (1775-1817) Date of Publication: 1813 Genre: Satire; comedy of manners Title:As I Lay Dying Author: William Faulkner (1897-1962) Date of Publication: 1930 Genre: Satire of heroic narrative; rural novel

  3. Background/General Information • Biographical information about the author • This can be found through SparkNotes, CliffsNotes, or the cover(s) of the book • Historical background • This can be found through SparkNotes, CliffsNotes, or the cover(s) of the book • This can also be found in your history textbook • Characteristics of the genre • Check out answers.com for more information about specific genres • Plot summary • Do this on your own, then check yourself against another source to make sure you include all pertinent information you will need to remember

  4. Author’s Style and Writing • Describe the author’s style • Use your own words to describe the style • An example that demonstrates the style • Give a quotation or a CD that demonstrates the style of the author as you describe it • Quote • Find a specific quote that is important to the story or a character • Significance • Explain why you selected this specific quote

  5. Characters • Character’s name • Role in the story • Protagonist, hero, antagonist, etc. • Significance to the story • What do they do that makes them memorable or important? • Adjectives describing the character • Refer to your adjective list in your blue book

  6. Overall Ideas • Setting • Remember that setting is more than place! It includes time, general attitude of the characters/society, standards of behavior, etc. • Significance of opening scene • Why did the author open the book in this way? • Symbols • List major symbols and why they are important and/or how they are connected to a character • Significance of the closing/ending • Why did the author end the book in this way? • Old AP Questions • http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APtitles.html • Possible themes • List any possible themes – remember they are COMPLETE sentences and UNIVERSAL ideas!

  7. Old AP Questions Title: Pride & Prejudice Years: 1983, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2008, 2011 Title:As I Lay Dying Years: 1978, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009

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