Review Sheet Information

6th period, be patient: we'll talk about this on Wednesday. Remember to use your notes and your brains and not take from online sources.

Information is available below.

Each review sheet must address the following:

Title of Work
Author
Approximate Time Period
Main Characters: Names and Relationships
Brief Plot Summary
Handy Plot References
A Meaning of the Work as a Whole
Relevant Literary Techniques
If I write on this work, I will be sure to mention(what analytical mic drops are you hoping to include)...
Quintessential Quote(s) [Easy to memorize, sure to impress]



A Condensed Example (Yours will be more detailed; mine is quite poor, but I want to at least give you a sense of the different categories.)

Title: Metamorphosis Author:
Franz Kafka Time: Early Modern
Characters: Gregor-Salesman and Bug
Grete: Sister and aspiring musician
Mr. Samsa, Mrs. Samsa, Charwoman, Lodgers

Plot Summary: No time or space— but self explanatory. Can be done as bullet points.(Do not plagiarize!)

Handy Plot References: Rocking to get out of bed, desire to go to work, never miss a day, arrival of boss, attempt to communicate, picture with girl, saving furniture, apple attack, walking on walls, lodgers, sister playing violin, sight failing and not seeing the hospital...

Meaning of Work as a Whole: The essential alienation of mankind from a world that seems to value only the material contributions he can make.

Literary Techniques: Narrative voice, symbolism,

I will be sure to mention: Symbolism: picture frame, apple, music, bug. Lack of explanation for transformation, Gregor’s desire to keep working.

Quotations: “When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams…” “Was he an animal…”