Book Synopsis

  

  

Student _______________ Date________    [Time/Start:_________ End_________ Total = __________]

 

 

Book Title: ______________________________________________________________________

  

Author: __________________________________________ Nationality _____________________

  

Synopsis is on pg. ______ of Vol. ____ of Great American Bathroom Book or Compact Classics

  

Type of book:    ___Fiction    ___Non-Fiction    ___How-to    ___Biography    ___Autobiography

  

Science Fiction Self-help Other: ________________________ When was it written? ________

  

From whose perspective is it written? (author's; main character's?...) __________________________

  

(If this is a story:)

  

The story teller's perspective is __omniscient (knows/sees all)   __limited (one person's point of view)

  

Setting, location: _________________________________________________________________

 

About when does/did it take place? (Century, era, etc.) ____________________________________

  

Main character(s) or point/purpose: __________________________________________________

  

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Basic plot or content: _____________________________________________________________

 

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(If this is a how-to book:)

 

What are the author's qualifications/background? _______________________________________

  

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What is the purpose of this book? ___________________________________________________

  

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For all types of books:

  

STUDENT RATING TABLE

Type of Value

Rating

(Circle one)

Moral Value (integrity, high standards)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Historical Value (insight into the past)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Spiritual Value (Christian; see/sense God more)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Entertaining Value (just plain fun to read)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Human Understanding Value (see human nature more clearly, for better or worse)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Scientific Value (opened my eyes to science)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Life-affecting Value (changed me and/or how I view or will live life)

0 1 2 3 4 5

Tear-jerking Value (emotional, touched my heart strings)

0 1 2 3 4 5

 

 

This looks like a book I [ would / would not ] like to read. (Why or why not?) _________________

  

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