"House of Echoes" by Brendan Duffy

Introduction

On these next few pages, you will find tasks that will be related to the book "House of Echoes." 

These tasks will be in by links, and, at the end, you will be answering questions.

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Task

In order to complete the tasks fully, you will have to answer questions at the end of each task.

 

Each task will have a link and questions. Each question should be in a sentence(s).

 

At the end, you will watch a video that is a review. After watching the video, you will be writing your view on the book. The review is what will be evaluated at the end with the rubric. 

 

Process

Before you start, you should find out who the author is.

https://www.brendanduffybooks.com/new-page

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The first task will understanding the style the book was in. When you read a book, understanding the style it was written in will help you better understand the book. 

https://study.com/academy/lesson/gothic-fiction-definition-characteristics-authors.html

1. What is the definition of Gothic Fiction?

2. When did this style begin and what was the first novel written in this style?

3. What does Gothic mean?

4. What makes Gothic Fiction so...Gothic?

 

The second task will be reading about bipolar disorder. Caroline, the mother, has bipolar disorder, or something like it. This disorder can effect peoples lives every day.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml

1. What is bipolar disorder and what is it also known as?

2. What are the 4 basic types of the disorder?

3. What are signs and symptoms?

4. How do you get diagnosed? 

5. What are some risk factors caused by this disorder?

 

The third task is being able to write your own opinion on the suspense in the book. The book has parts like this come up. 

https://literary-devices.com/content/suspense/ 

1. What is suspense?

2. In your own words, did the suspense in the book make you enjoy it and did it "scare you"?

 

The last task will be about bed and breakfasts. The family moved to this house and are turning it into a B&B.

https://articles.bplans.com/how-to-start-a-bed-and-breakfast/ 

1. What is a bed and breakfast?

2. What is the state of the b&b industry?

3. Where is the best place to have one?

4. How much do they usually cost?

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Review time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16r-N7zjZEY

This video will help you with your review essay. 

Evaluation

Features 4) Expert  3) Accomplished  2) Capable  1) Beginner 
Quality of writing
  • Essay was well written.
  • Very informative, and well organized.
  • Essay is written with great style.
  • somewhat informative and organized.
  • Essay had little style or voice.
  • Poorly organized and gives some new information.
  • Essay  had no style.
  • Gives no new information and very poorly organized. 
Grammar         
  •  No grammatical errors.              
  •  Few spelling errors and punctuation errors.                                                            
  • A number of spelling errors and punctuation errors.                                
  • Many spelling and punctuation errors.                                

 

 

 

Conclusion

While reading the novel "House of Echoes",  the beginning of the was slow but it slowly got interesting. Each character had a little story of there own. Ben, the father, was a writer. Caroline, the mother, had bipolar disorder. Bub is a baby, so he really have much of a story. Charlie likes to read and go on adventures. While creating the B&B, the noticed things were changing. The book had a lot of parts that you really didn't see coming.