How does the author of the literary work build suspense and capture the imagination of readers?

In what ways and for what reasons does the literary work appeal to the audiences’ eyes and ears?

The struggle against injustice is a theme that speaks to readers. How does the author of this literary work depict an unjust world and for what purpose?

How and why does the text invite reader to identify with situations, characters and/or ideas?

Often the appeal for the reader of a literary work is the atmosphere a writer creates (for example, peaceful, menacing or ironic). Discuss some of the ways atmospheres are conveyed and to what effect?

Discuss how the work presents concepts of good and bad, not as absolute notions, but as a matter of individual perception.

Discuss how the writer enables the reader to discern a meaning that is only implied.

Discuss the use of setting in the literary work and how it contributes to developing central themes.

Authors sometimes tell their stories in a nonlinear fashion. Compare how and for what reasons the authors of at least two works that you have read have told their stories in a nonlinear fashion.

The meaning of a literary work can change over time. Compare how the meanings of two literary works that you have read have changed over time.

‘Fight or flight’ is a term used to describe human responses to adverse circumstances. Compare how the authors of two literary works that you have read have depicted such human responses to adverse circumstances-.

Authors often write fiction as a means of social commentary. Compare how the authors of two works that you have read have written works of social commentary.

Literary works are received differently in different places and times. Compare how two literary works that you have read have been received differently by different audiences.

In what ways and for what reasons do two literary works that you have real appeal to their audience’s eyes and ears. Compare and contrast the ways in which they appeal to the auditory and visual senses of their audiences.

Literary works often depict a struggle between genders. Compare how two of the works that you have read depict a struggle between genders.

Authors of literary works often write because they feel their stories need to be told. Compare the authors’ reasons for writing two literary works that you have read.

Pablo Picasso once said that ‘Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth’. Compare how the authors of two literary works help their readers ‘realize the truth’.

One characteristic of a literary work is that it never stops speaking to audiences. Compare how two literary works have continued to speak to their audiences over time.

Suspense is what keeps readers turning the pages of literary works. Compare and contrast the ways in which the authors of two literary works build suspense and capture the imagination of their readers.

The struggle against injustice is a theme that speaks to readers. Compare the ways in which the authors of two literary works have depicted unjust worlds.