1) Analyze the representation and role(s) of setting in one eligible course text. How is the
setting described? How does the setting add meaning to the work? Present a clear
argument in which you explain the effect(s) and the significance of the setting.
2) Develop and support an argument about the use of narration / point of view in one
eligible text. Describe the manner of narration. Whose perspective is given and how?
What is the effect?
3) Discuss the ending of one eligible text. Summarize and interpret the ending. How does it
relate to the rest of the work? Is narrative closure achieved? If so, how? If not, what is the
significance? Formulate and support a clear argument.
4) Consider the theme of imagination in one eligible text. How is the imagination
represented and why? Does the text also engage the readers’ imagination? How?
Articulate and support a clear interpretation (thesis).