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Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Differentiation Suggestion: For English learners or struggling writers, strategies that work well include graphic organizers, sentence frames or starters, group work, or oral responses.
Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text that serve as examples of support.
1. A dynamic character is one who undergoes a profound evolution in their thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and perception of themselves and/or their world during the story.
2. Although Rafael Trujillo is the novel’s antagonist, the real antagonist is authoritarianism as a way of government and a way of life.
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