Support the development of close reading skills with this worksheet composed of challenging questions designed to help high school students analyze George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Featuring a brief passage about the character of Syme from Book 1, chapter 5, this resource saves teachers valuable time at home without sacrificing academic rigor in the classroom. An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered as printable Word Documents and PDFs.
This resource may facilitate small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.
By engaging with this resource, students will:
- Analyze the Party’s behaviors to discern and articulate the Party’s motivations
- Make logical inferences about the Party’s reasoning for restricting access to razor blades
- Define complex words and phrases in context, taking into consideration both denotative meanings and connotative associations
- Analyze a brief portion of the passage to discern which literary device the author incorporates
- Identify textual evidence in support of the claim that Syme and Winston have grown desensitized to the brutalities of the Party
- Identify textual evidence in support of the claim that Syme is described like an animal
- Analyze why the author may have chosen to describe Syme in an animal-like manner
- Analyze a brief portion of the passage, which features scare quotes, to discern the author’s intent
- Write with clarity and precision
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