Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Literary Analysis Worksheets | British Literature | Gothic Fiction

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Help high schoolers go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary analysis skills with these close reading worksheets on Mary Shelley's Gothic science fiction novel Frankenstein. Ideal for British Literature and Freshman English courses, the activities guide students through rigorous, text-based questions, pushing them to explore characterization, plot development, literary elements, and more. Answer keys and the public domain novel are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) 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

Resources are available for a variety of science fiction novels and short stories:

Help high schoolers go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary analysis skills with these close reading worksheets on Mary Shelley's Gothic science fiction novel Frankenstein. Ideal for British Literature and Freshman English courses, the activities guide students through rigorous, text-based questions, pushing them to explore characterization, plot development, literary elements, and more. Answer keys and the public domain novel are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) 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

Resources are available for a variety of science fiction novels and short stories:

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Help high schoolers go beyond basic comprehension and develop critical thinking and literary analysis skills with these close reading worksheets on Mary Shelley's Gothic science fiction novel Frankenstein. Ideal for British Literature and Freshman English courses, the activities guide students through rigorous, text-based questions, pushing them to explore characterization, plot development, literary elements, and more.