Engage high school English students in a deep, standards-based literary analysis of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “Pickman’s Model” with this editable, ready-to-use activity. Transforming a classic horror story into a rigorous study of fiction, this worksheet guides students beyond surface-level comprehension and challenges them to identify, interpret, and evaluate key literary elements while making connections to historical context and visual art. It is ideal for close reading lessons, literary device review, and standardized test skill-building.
Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. An answer key is included. Students will practice and demonstrate the following essential ELA skills:
- Identifying literary devices such as metaphor, personification, hyperbole, foreshadowing, and onomatopoeia.
- Analyzing tone and mood through close reading of character dialogue and narration.
- Making logical inferences based on historical context (1920s setting and post-World War I experiences).
- Evaluating thematic development.
- Identifying the story’s dominant conflict.
- Analyzing author’s purpose and attitude toward the arts through textual evidence.
- Comparing literature and visual art, connecting Lovecraft’s imagery to works by Francisco Goya.
- Explaining narrative techniques that create immediacy, suspense, and emotional impact.
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