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Bronze Bow Book Report Instructions (2/13/12)

**Set the Title**: The title of this report should include the bibliography information (works cited format) of this book.  **1. The exposition section:** This portion of the book report should introduce the __setting__ and the __characters__ . It should also reveal the conflict, or set the background for what the conflict will be. It is also the time to discuss the __physical and personality traits__ of the main character(s). Briefly describe what kind of people they are.

**2. Discuss the rising action.** This portion of the book report should discuss the different obstacles that the conflict is made up of. You should be able to recount the main events that are the driving force of the story. It should also include an explanation of how the plot thickens in the book. In other words, if there are a few key details which add to the richness of the story, they should be mentioned.

**3. Discuss the culmination**. This is like the climax point of the story that includes the turning point of the story. __Present the conflict by discussing what parts of the story are the most intense and seem to fundamentally cause a change or growth in the main character. There can be mini climax points along the way building up to the grand finale.__

**4. Discuss the falling action**. This portion of the book report should reveal the outcome of the story and illustrate how the characters attempted to resolve their problems. This should be followed by a discussion of the resolution. __The resolution should provide an overall summary of the story's outcome, that includes your opinion on how the story affected you, and whether or not you would recommend this book to others.__

**5. Double check your mechanics and polish your style**. Check for the following: a) Did I indent each paragraph? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b) Did I use transition words (next, however, finally, first, consequently, moreover, essentially) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c) Have I varied my sentence length? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">d) Have I tried to vary my sentence structure so that my sentences don’t all start with the main character’s name? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">e) Have I made sure that no sentences start with the conjunctions and, but, or so? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">f) Did a use a thesaurus to find replacements for nouns or verbs or adjectives that I used too often? (overused words: like, happy, excited, very, great, neat, awful, funny, really) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">g) Check spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and capitalization.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Total report length: not less than 2 pages, no more than 5. **