Major Works Data Sheet
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Name
T i t le:___________________________________
Reminder: Academic dishonesty includes direct copying of assignments, passing off someone else’s
work as your own, and using others’ intellectual work without giving them credit. Cooperative learning
involves asking questions, discussing potential answers, and working towards understanding… together.
While cooperative learning is encouraged, academic dishonesty is NEVER okay.
Author:
Date of Publication:
Biographical information about the author
(Filter: how are aspects of the author’s biography relevant to
the literature?)
Genre:
Historical information about the period of
publication
Characteristics of the genre:
Setting: (the where and the when… consider cultural traditions/attitudes as well as physical places)
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Standard (RL. 11-12.5) Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the
course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective
summary of the text. Standard (RL.11-12.5) Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of
a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Standard (RL. 11-12.10) By the end
year, read and comprehend grade level literature, including stories, dramas, and poems.
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(1) Exposition
Setting? (Time/Place) Main characters?
(2) Rising Action
What is the conflict? What are some of the
events that seem to make things worse?
(Please provide events in chronological order.)
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Plot Summary
(3) Climax
What happens during the point
of greatest tension? (Note: this is
always a scene.)
(4) Falling Action
What is the outcome of the
climax?
(5) Resolution
How does it all work out
(or not) at the end?
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Subject List
Symbols
(Remember, a subject is an abstract noun. Think of this as a big
idea topic, like “love” or “identity.”)
Potential Themes
Significance of the Opening Scene
(Remember, a theme is the author’s bigger message about life.
Your theme should be a complete sentence. It should include
an abstract noun from above. It should NOT include specifics
about plot or character. Example: “Love conquers all.”)
Significance of the Closing Scene
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Characters
Directions: You will need to fill out a character chart for each of the major characters in your book. Fill
out the chart here for the protagonist. Then, create other charts (or, if you prefer, webs) on your own
notebook paper for the remaining characters. Attach your other character charts/webs to this packet.
Character Name:
CDs (quotes, evidence)
CMs (inferences,
interpretation)
Acts
Looks
Says
Feels About Himself/Herself
Others’ Attitudes
Other Significant Quotes:
Additional Notes and Thoughts:
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Significant Style Notes
Device
Device Definition
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Sample Quote(s) from Text
What does the author’s use of this
device do to you, the reader?
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12th grade AP Lit Exam: Question 3
If you take the AP Literature exam during senior year, one of your essay prompts will be the infamous “open
question.” This prompt (it’s always #3 on the test) presents you with a broad concept or theme; you must—from
memory!—analyze how a quality work of literature typifies that concept or theme.
On this page, list the past Question 3 prompts that have mentioned this book. (Use the two websites listed below to
do so.) Be prepared to outline or write any of the essays, using evidence from your book.
(Note: once you have the prompts listed, you may delete these instructions and URLs to save room.)
The Book List:
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APtitles.html
The Prompts: http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APOpenQuestions.html
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