Study Guide for Summative Frankenstein Test
Target 45 (9-10.RL.5) I can identify the order of events in the text.
*Look over your plot notes. Check out the quiz questions on the class website.
Target 46 (9-10.RL.5) I can identify different plot structures within a text.
Target 49 (9-10.RL.5) I can analyze how an author’s choice of plot structure and order of events creates
an effect.
*Know the characteristics of a frame structure.
*Explain how Shelley uses a frame structure in Frankenstein. Be ready to give examples.
Target 47 (9-10.RL.5) I can analyze how an author uses/creates different effects (i.e. tension, surprise,
mystery).
*How do others create mood? What elements do they use?
*Look at some portions of the novel that create strong moods. Pick one and practice recording evidence of
that mood.
Target 90 (QC Reading 5.g): I can distinguish between different author styles.
*Know the different elements attributed to Romanticism.
*Know the different elements attributed to Gothic Literature.
Target 52 (9-10.RL.6) I can provide evidence of a particular cultural experience or point of view in an
author’s writing.
*Be able to identify evidence of Romanticism in Frankenstein.
*Be able to identify evidence of Gothic Literature in Frankenstein.
*Have your textual evidence of your assigned Romantic or Gothic element ready to use for your in-class essay.
You will NOT be able to use your book in class and page number references will not be enough to constitute
evidence. You will need direct quotes.
Target 53
(9-10.RL.6) I can compare and contrast a point of view or cultural experience from multiple
pieces of world literature.
Target 61 (9-10.RL.9) Compare/contrast the treatment of similar themes or topics from two or more texts.
*Be able to compare the Romantic or Gothic elements in Frankenstein with those same elements in another
work of literature.
*For practice read the rest of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and compare it to Frankenstein in its use of
Romantic and Gothic elements. Also, identify at least 1 similar theme the two texts might share and give
evidence of that shared theme from both texts.
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%20Ancient%20Mariner.pdf
Target 60 (9-10.RL.9) Identify examples of allusion, metaphor, parable, and parody.
Know the definition of an allusion. Be able to identify examples of allusions from the novel.
Target 62 (9-10.RL.9) I can analyze how an author utilizes source material in their writing to create
meaning.
*List the different outside literary sources that Mary Shelley references in her novel Frankenstein.
Choose 2 and explain how Shelley uses that source in her novel. How does it add to the deeper meaning of
the story of the mood being created?
Target 43 (9-10.RL.4) Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases
as they are used in a text
*List the different words Frankenstein uses to refer to the creature.
*Assign a connotative meaning or tone to each one.
*Find 2 examples of figurative language in the text. Write them down and explain what they represent.
Target 39 (9-10.RL.2 ) I can analyze how the central idea of a text emerges, is shaped, and refined.
Look back at the themes you picked to follow earlier in the unit. Make sure you have reviewed for how these
themes emerged, were shaped, and were refined throughout the novel.