Help students improve critical thinking skills and explore literary elements with this close reading analysis worksheet covering vignette 38 of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (“The Monkey Garden”). An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. 51 law does not permit the inclusion of novel content, so the purchaser is responsible for providing students with the text.
By engaging with this close reading inference activity, students will:
- Read for literal comprehension
- Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Activate prior knowledge
- Discern the greater purpose of the vignette
- Identify the function of a given character (Tito’s mother)
- Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including assonance, metaphor, personification, and more
- Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence and sound reasoning
- Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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