Feed by M.T. Anderson Dystopian Novel Study Worksheets | High School Literary Analysis Activities

Ideal for dystopian science fiction and young adult literature units, this bundle of close reading analysis worksheets covers 15 meaningful excerpts from M. T. Anderson's Feed and includes answer keys. Broadly, these rigorous worksheets help high school readers develop a deeper understanding of the author's craft and how it contributes to character and plot development. More specifically, by the end of the novel, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly

• Clarify details where the author leaves information open to interpretation

• Isolate examples of figurative language

• Express the greater significance of given details

• Determine the tone of given excerpts

• Discern the functions of given excerpts

• Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact

• Articulate flaws in characters' logic

• Analyze the author's use of narrative techniques such as repetition

• Apply knowledge of various literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, slang, onomatopoeia, situational irony, consonance, pun, idiom, epiphany, invective, malapropism, aposiopesis, neologism, and more

• Consider theme in relation to the text

• Evaluate an excerpt to articulate how it is a good example of satire

• Relate a given excerpt to the real world, identifying two relevant societal issues, conflicts, or questions

• Explore the connection between capitalism and the private healthcare system in America

• Conduct brief research on the topic of cognitive dissonance in order to explain how a character experiences it in the context of a given excerpt

• Cite textual evidence in support of ideas and claims

• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision

Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive bundle option is available.)

Materials are available for a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:

• 1984 by George Orwell - Google and printable

• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers - Google and printable

• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - Google and printable

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Google and printable

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Google and printable

• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros - Google and printable

• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - Google and printable