Help high school students go beyond basic comprehension, practice critical thinking skills, and explore literary elements with this close reading inference worksheet covering chapter 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with this close reading activity, students will do the following:
- Read for literal comprehension
- Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed
- Choose the most appropriate synonym to replace a word or phrase without changing the excerpt’s fundamental meaning
- Demonstrate knowledge of comma and punctuation rules, especially as they apply to writing dialogue
- Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Determine the tone of a given excerpt
- Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including personification, hyperbole, allusion, alliteration, oxymoron, dramatic irony, and situational irony
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