文档介绍：Writing a Book Report
Part 1 of a Report: Introduction
Identify the author and title of the work, and include the publisher and publication date.
When giving the information about the writer, you should include some historical and social background to which the book is related.
To make things clear, you should read some reference materials, such as biographies of the writer and histories of the period in which the book was written.
Introduction
Title: Author: Type of book:
Sons and Lovers is a novel written by Dvid Herbert Lawrence and it was first published in 1913 in London by Wyman & Sons. D. H. Lawrence was born at Eastwood, Notts, on September 11, 1885, the fourth child of a miner who had been employed at Brinsley Colliery since he was 7 years old. In 1911, his first novel The White Peacock was published.
A Report on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Bantam Books, 1971), Maya Angelou (1928- ) tells the story of her earliest years. Angelou, a dancer, poet, and television producer as well as a writer, has continued her life story in three more volumes of autobiography. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the start of Maya Angelou’s story; in this book, she writes with crystal clarity about the pains and joys of being black in America.
Part 2 of a Report: A Summary of the Work
Write an informative summary of the material. It should include such ideas as the setting for the book, the time period in which the story is being told, the main characters and how they interact with each other and the plot.
Fiction or nonfiction, the idea is to recognize the main idea or ideas from which you will be able to cultivate an excellent report, a mirror that reflects your impression of the book’s purpose.
Use direct quotations from the work to illustrate important ideas. Summarize the material so that the reader gets a general sense of all key aspects of the original work. Keep the summary objective and factual.
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