English 0950 -- Fall 2007 -- 8:00 a.m. section

Front cover grabs me

Back cover grabs me

Continuous story, one thing leads to another, good flow

suspense, mystery, adventure, builds to a great climax

Feel for characters, want them to succeed

Good characters, seem real, describe so well we can picture them

Many different characters with many different personalities

Clarity

Lots of turns, surprising events

Lots of details

We can relate to it, relates to our lives

Interesting, keeps our interest, makes us want to read more, we don’t want to stop

True story

Makes us think, opens our mind to new ideas

Appeals to my hobbies

We can feel the passion of the writer

Has a good theme to it

Expressive descriptions throughout

Vocabulary not too hard

Interesting setting

Humor

Good ending

Good beginning

English 0950 -- Fall 2007 -- 9:00 a.m. section

Simple to understand

Grab and keep attention

Real, true story, nonfiction

Be able to relate to the characters, situations -- apply to life experiences

Exciting or ironic conclusion

Humor

Pictures

Makes us think. Changes the way we think

Clear

Vivid -- a lot of detail, examples

High and low points

Able to feel like we are in the action

Love story

Simple symbolism

Examples of lessons learned / themes

Good and clear main ideas

Proves a point

Good imagery

Will drop a lot of clues to make us remember, think, come into play later

We learn interesting facts about ... history, etc.

Easy to follow, clear transitions, flow

Sustains interest throughout

Fiction

Mystery

Thrilling, suspenseful

Bold print

Punctuation

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