05.03 Novel/Short Story Analysis Worksheet
DIRECTIONS
Use complete sentences to respond to each question about the novel or short story you read independently for this module. When providing quotes from your text, include page numbers in parentheses.
Example:
Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story.
The protagonist of my novel is a tough, sixteen-year-old girl named Delaney who is struggling to raise her little sisters.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
"Although she was just sixteen years old, Delaney had spent much of them providing for her sisters. She displayed the toughness – and weariness – of someone twice her age." (page 16)
Title of short story or novel __________________________________________________
Author ___________________________________________________________________
Describe the setting of your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Discuss the main conflict in your novel or short story. If the conflict is not perfectly clear yet, what do you suspect it will be? Which of the four major types of conflict best describes the situation you discussed?
Describe the antagonist from your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Describe an important piece of the backstory from your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Describe an early development in the plot and explain why it is important.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
