The following lists are designed to help my students find key quotations in their reading assignments. I have one list for quotations that deal with content and one list for quotations that address style.
THEME: Find a quotation that reveals…
- …the deepest truth (God, biology, etc.) of the work’s world.
- …the most important character relationship in the work.
- …a key rule for how characters should, try to, or decide not to behave in the work.
- …the consequences for following or breaking the world’s rules.
- …how the characters have changed by the end of the work.
STYLE: Find a quotation that reveals…
- …the author’s view of language (e.g. can it convey truth or not?).
- …the way characters talk to each other.
- …the key rules of language the author follows or breaks in the work.
- …the consequences for following or breaking those language rules.
- …how the author uses figurative languages.