Frankenstein Close Reading Analysis Worksheets Bundle with Answer Keys

Go beyond general 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. (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

This resource may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development. Using this resource for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly.

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

• "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed" by Ray Bradbury - Google and printable

• Feed by M.T. Anderson - Google and printable

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Google and printable

• "Lose Now, Pay Later" by Carol Farley - Google and printable

• "The Star Beast" by Nicholas Stuart Gray - Google and printable

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