In twenty five words or less answer the following questions about the reading: Who? What? Where? When? Why?

Characterization:

• Who are the main characters?
  
• How does the author develop the characters?
  
• How do the major and minor characters function in the work?
  
• Are the characters and their actions or thoughts believable?
  
• Why has the author presented the characters in this way?
  

Action-Structure-Plot

• What are the chief dramatic incidents?
  
• Where and when does the action take place?
  
• What is the central conflict and how is it resolved?
  
• How are the conflict and its resolution presented?
  
• How has the author arranged the chief dramatic incidents?
  
• Why (what is the effect) were these events chosen?
  
• Why were they arranged in this way?
  

Point of View

• What is the author's/narrator's point of view?
  
• What is the effect on the reader?
  

Language

• Does the use of language draw attention to itself?
  
• What are some distinctive language features of the work?
  
• Are there metaphors, similes?
  
• Other instances of "literary" devices?
  
• Irony?
  
• Symbolism? Give examples.
  
• What words or phrases are repeated?
  

Theme

• What is the theme?
  

Message or moral

• Is there an obvious message or moral to the work. What is it?