Ideas and Hints to analyzing Fiction

1. Make predictions: Avoid missing points and understand the characters and situations
2. Identify with the character: Not just agree with the character or not agree with them, and immerse yourself in their experiences.
3. ASK Questions: Plot, theme, setting, Point of View, Mood/tone, symbolism, irony, figurative language, characters, etc
4. Make inferences: What is said? What is not said?
5. Summarize the events
6. What are the types of characters? Evidence to prove your point.
7. Like or dislike the end? Why or why not?
8. What is the Author's purpose? What is the author's attitude toward the characters?