Name
Reading Literature
Answer Outlines
DIRECTIONS: Read the assigned text. Answer the questions.
NAME OF TEXT: ______________________________________________________________
AUTHOR: ___________________________________________________________________
1. What is the main idea of the story, play or poem? _________________________________________________________________
2. What is the theme of the story, play or poem? ____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the tone of the story, play or poem? _____________________________________________________________________
4. What happens in the story play or poem? On the lines below, write how it begins, a few key details about how the story and
theme are developed, and how it ends.
Beginning: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Key Detail #1: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Key Detail #2: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Key Detail #3: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ending: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Now, on a separate sheet of paper, write a brief summary of the text.
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