Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Close Reading Inference Worksheets Bundle

Help learners go beyond basic reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of rigorous activities covering Mary Shelley’s science fiction novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Answer keys and the public domain novel are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Discern the functions of given excerpts
• Consider the greater significance of given details
• Describe tone in context
• Determine the intended effects of the author’s narrative techniques
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare and contrast characters
• Explore themes in context with emphasis on “the barbarity of man,” the treatment of women, and systemic inequities
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including allusion, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
• Make logical predictions about plot in context
• Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• And more