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This is our school project for this very school year. Here are the steps to start working on it.
Let's start.

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This is to help you to make a word cloud with the incipit of the novel you have read

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Here are some considerations and tips about writing book reviews. I hope you find them useful.

1. Difference between a book report and a book review.

2. Getting started.

3. Some tips.

4. Useful language.

5. Revising your review.

6. The task.

1. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOOK REPORT AND A BOOK REVIEW.

A book report contains facts. It includes information about the author, title, place and year of publication as well as a summary of the content of the book.

A book review, on the other hand, is much more personal. It contains the reader's opinion and specific aspects of the book. The review will probably include factual information, but it is the reader's personal opinion that is most important.

2. GETTING STARTED

How can I start? You have read your book. Your next step will be to organize what you are going to say about it. Writing the basic elements down in an outline format will help you to organize your thoughts.

How shall I organize the information? Normally a book review is divided into four parts: introduction, summary, opinion and conclusion.

Introduction: In the introduction you give facts and background information about the book and its author. It should contain the book title, and the name of the author. Don't forget to mention the book's genre (such as mystery, fantasy, biography, essay, comedy or adventure).

A main body: usually made up of two paragraphs.

In the first paragraph, give a concise outline of the plot and introduce the main characters, mentioning the setting (where and when the story takes place) and the overall theme of the book. Be careful not to re-tell the whole story in detail.

In the second paragraph you can give your opinion, including sentences about how you liked the book, which characters you liked and disliked and how the ending made you feel. You can also express what you felt was the best part of the story. Don't be afraid to include negative points.

Conclusion: It consists of the overall feelings and opinions on the story and whether or not you would encourage others to read it and why. No new information or ideas should be introduced in the conclusion.

3. SOME TIPS.

Before you begin writing, make a few notes about the points you want to get across.

Try to get the main theme of the book across in the beginning of your review. Your reader should know right away what he or she is getting into should they choose to read the book.

Mention the name of the author and the book title in the first paragraph - there's nothing more frustrating than reading a review of a great book but not knowing who wrote it and what the title is!

Think about whether the book is part of a genre. Does the book fit into a type like mystery, adventure, or romance? What aspects of the genre does it use?

When mentioning a character for the first time, don't forget to use his/her full name.

Make sure your review explains how you feel about the book and why, not just what the book is about. A good review should express the reviewer's opinion and persuade the reader to share it, to read the book, or to avoid reading and make sure that someone who has not read the book will understand it after reading your review. Don't be afraid to express your opinion openly, even if it is a negative one.

Use adjectives and adverbs in order to strengthen your opinion about the book or its plot. For ex. extremely disturbing.

The style depends upon the intended reader, so it can be either formal or semi-formal, but not colloquial.

Some of these tips are from Rodman Philbrick.

4. REVISING YOUR REVIEW

Write your draft and then allow some time to pass, at least a few hours, before you start your revision.

Check the layout and that the information is arranged in paragraphs. Look for unity, organisation and logical development.

Correct all mistakes in grammar, spelling and punctuation as you find them. You can use this checklist.

Use a range of present tenses, including the Present Perfect, to outline the plot as well as a variety of adjectives to make the review more interesting to the reader.

Don't use informal language, slang or contractions. Make sure that your language is formal or semiformal and academically correct.

Don't use long quotations from the book.

Read your paper through again looking for unity, organisation and logical development. If a sentence looks awkward, don't hesitate to rewrite it.

5. USEFUL LANGUAGE

Introduction:

The book/novel was written by...

This well-written/informative/fascinating book...

This original first novel...

This novel is based on...

" __" is a powerful first novel by...

Main body

The story is set in .... (rural Spain at the beginning of the XV century)

The story takes place...

The book tells the story of...

The story begins/ is about...

The story is told by...

The plot focuses on....

"___" is rich and detailed in plot.

The plot has an unexpected twist...

The plot is absolutely thrilling/ boring/clever/ exciting...

A plot with well-developed believable characters.

The character I like best is

General comments and opinion

The characters are very well drawn and readers can identify with them easily.

The story is totally convincing.

It has a tragic/dramatic /surprising end.

There was an unexpected twist to the story.

What we don't learn until the end is...

What I liked best was (the way)...

What I didn't like was...

My only reservation about this book...

Recommendations

Don't miss it.

I would/wouldn't recommend it because...

It is at the top of my list.

It's a highly entertaining read.

Don't bother with this one.

It's well-worth reading.

It will change the way you see...

It's a bore to read.

I definitely recommend that you add this book to your collection.

The book was so good that I couldn't put it down..

The book certainly lived up to my expectations.

Adjectives to describe a book

Positive: gripping, best-selling, intriguing, thrilling, fascinating, enthralling, evocative, heart-warming, sensitive, memorable, powerful, beautifully written, engaging, fascinating.

Negative: disturbing, unconvincing, preposterous, predictable, dull, unimaginative, poorly-written, confusing.

Neutral: fast-paced (most of them collocate with the adjectives above).

Adverbs (most of them collocate with the adjectives above)

Amazingly, considerably, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, immensely, noticeably, radically, remarkably, significantly, totally, truly, utterly.

6. THE TASK

(adapted from Advanced Masterclass)

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Here are some considerations and tips about writing book reviews. I hope you find them useful. Difference between a book report and a book review. Getting started. Some tips. Useful language. Revising your review. The task. 1. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOOK REPORT AND A BOOK REVIEW.

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Desiree Di Benedetto 5°A CL

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clouds Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Giorgia Camponeschi VD

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Murder on the Orient Express - Aghata Christie

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Murder on the Orient Express - Aghata Christie

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Emilia Piccirilli 5D

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Alessia Marinelli 5^

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'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. Like the other major novels of Austen, he describes the events of an ingenuously romantic soul that, through experience, finally comes to understand the life of existence. The protagonists are young sisters Dashwood, Elinor and Marianne, who, at the death of their father, are forced to face the financial hardships in their new and modest house in Devonshire. Here they will know the pains and joys of love and, learning to reconcile reason with feeling, they will become women. Around this maturation process, Austen weaves a plot full of grace and irony, which with her elegant prose she manages to analyze and describe with extraordinary subtlety the contrast and dissension between psychological and moral issues. I admit that Reason and Sentiment, the first true novel by the famous English writer, not totally involve me, because I felt it slow, initially apparently boring, but going forward in the story it managed to involve me more, that the second part of the novel is flew away much more easily.

Austen presents two great feelings: the Reason, represented by the elder sister of the Dashwoods, Elinor, who, before speaking or acting, reflects a lot, without letting go too much to the feelings, trying to keep them in the heart; and the feeling, strong, overwhelming, exasperating, of Marianne, the second sister, who can not not feel feelings, but lets completely overwhelm, not realizing its elements and what, such an emotional upheaval, can to affect it.

Many (too many!) are the characters that presents us perfectly: there is Mrs. Dashwood, the mother of the two protagonists, very similar to Marianne, there is the little sister who appears only fleetingly, there is their brother, a person who frankly did not give me great feelings, letting himself be infected a lot - perhaps too much - by his wife Fanny, a rich and annoying woman, just like his mother. Then, there is Edward, his brother, who immediately enters the heart of the beautiful and wise Elinor, and Willoughby towards whom Marianne has a real passion that will lead her to suffer, perhaps with excessive enthusiasm. There is Colonel Brandon who will do everything for his sisters and who will see in Marianne the memory of his old love. And a series of other characters, which arouse conflicting feelings. I particularly ... despised Lucy Steele, for her selfishness and her willingness to get what she wants with vile means, her sister Nancy, very insipid and silly, but also Fanny and her mother are really hateful. In this novel I did not feel in true harmony with any of the characters, perhaps only Elinor and Marianne in part came into my heart, but with discretion, not totally involving me.

With this I do not want to say that it is a bad novel, in fact overcome the initial slowness, where Austen explains the whole story and the characters, takes over the curiosity, a game of misunderstanding that surprises you and makes you smile.

The ending is obviously positive, although it will show how Reason will achieve true love, as opposed to Sentiment.

I recommend reading this novel because despite being slow initially, it makes you live strong emotions.

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Cecilia Blasi VD

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The Cronichles of Narnia was written by C

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Silvia Veglianti VD

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"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy

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"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy

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Chiara Emili VA CL

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"The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

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"The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde

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Sabbioni Barbara VA CL

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Lavinia Raspopa VA CL

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Benedetta Pizzuti VA CL

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Giorgia Masella VA CL

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"The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper

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"The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper

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Matteo Billero VA CL

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Miruna Sava VA CL

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Camilla Aversa VA CL

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DRACULA                              Sara Torrisi VD

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DRACULA                              Sara Torrisi VD

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDbxogHPao

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"the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemingwa

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"the old man and the sea" by Ernest Hemingwa

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Lorenzo D'Aquilio VD S.U.

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Chiara Franchi VD S.U.

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Edgar Allan Poe “stories of mystery and suspense” 

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Edgar Allan Poe “stories of mystery and suspense” 

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Sara Meo VD S.U.

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Beatrice Mastrofini VD S.U.

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Giorgia Tempera VD s.u

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iYhpNroh2U

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Leonardo Gasperini VD S.U

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"The great Gatsby",Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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"The great Gatsby",Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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Nayara Bernardini VD scienze umane  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scw4-N-jKQ8

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"A Room with a View" by Edward Morgan Forster

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"A Room with a View" by Edward Morgan Forster

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Rossi Maria Vittoria VD SU

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"A Room with a View" by Edward Morgan Forster

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"A Room with a View" by Edward Morgan Forster

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Rossi Maria Vittoria VD SU

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Livia Penge  VD S.U.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=oliver+twist+trailer&&view=detail&mid=D460BA0D4331B3772C02D460BA0D4331B3772C02&&FORM=VRDGAR

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Oscar Wilde, "The portrait of Dorian Grey"

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Oscar Wilde, "The portrait of Dorian Grey"

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Chiara bottoni VD scienze umane

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akX6TIjatds

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Stefania Vannelli VA classico

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"The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje

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"The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje

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Francesca Sordi VD S.U.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPKpU14Kqqw

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"The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson

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"The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Beatrice Mastrella VD su

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The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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"The Remains of the day" by Kazuo Ishigur

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"The Remains of the day" by Kazuo Ishigur

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Chiara Sebastianelli VD scienze umane

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"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Silvia Iadecola VA C.L.

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“THE JUNGLE BOOK”,Rudyard Kipling,1894

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"The Catcher in the Rye" a novel by J. D. Salinger

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"The Catcher in the Rye" a novel by J. D. Salinger

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Ludovica Passari VD SU

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Esmeralda Moretti VA classico

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Sara Mistroni V A liceo classico

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Noemi Maccaroni

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BUCCI LAURA VA C.L.

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Chiara De Carolis V D S.U

(Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1992) - Trailer)

https://youtu.be/a6eTho1jxuM