Help high school students improve fluency, stamina, text comprehension, and close reading analysis of the formal elements of fiction with this set of rigorous, text-dependent questions on the short story titled “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” by Ray Bradbury. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. By completing this activity, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly
- Identify the narrative’s inciting incident
- Identify the narrative’s dominant conflict
- Explore the functions of a particular character
- Explore character development and motivations
- Analyze figurative language to infer the author’s intent
- Make logical interpretations of metaphorical expressions
- Explain the intended effect of repetition as it appears in a given excerpt
- Analyze passages to discern their greater significance
- Explore themes in context
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and more
- Analyze the author’s descriptive language as it relates to setting to infer its purpose
- Write clearly, concisely, and accurately in response to analytical questioning
- Cite textual evidence in support of claims
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