Figuring Out What You Think about a Piece of
Literature Worksheet
1. The name of the author of the work:
2. The title of the work:
3. Write three to five questions about choices the author made
in writing this story that caught your attention or made you pause:
4. Write 2 to 3 paragraph answers for at least two of the
questions. Include in those answers ideas about how the work would
have been different if the author had made a different choice and then
what she was trying to communicate through her choice.
5. Is there a word or phrase that appears repeatedly in the
work? If so, copy at least three sentences or phrases it appears
in and explain its significance in those sentences or
phrases.
6. Identify one or two topics that appears in the work:
7. Explain what the author shows about that topic.
8. Describe what you think the author wants the reader to feel
or do.
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