Outline for Fiction Report

Honors 141: Cleopatra

Honors 141
Outline for Fiction Report

I. Complete bibliographical reference

II. Brief biographical sketch of the author

III. Brief account of historical/cultural background of the work

IV. The principal sources used or traditions followed

V. A summary of the plot or thesis

VI. Evaluation of the historical/cultural accuracy

VII. Characterization of the portrait of Cleopatra

VIII. Representative passage illustrating the above

IX. Overall evaluation as a work of history

X. Overall evaluation as a work of art/literature.