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Reading · Grades 6–9

Francis Bacon Worksheet

A printable reading comprehension worksheet for grades 6-9 on Francis Bacon. Students read a one-page biography — the rise to Lord Chancellor and the corruption charges that ended it, the three vanities of scholars, why The New Organon was named to replace Aristotle, and the experiment that is said to have killed him — then answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, and six fill-ins. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Narrative Poetry Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on narrative poetry, the poem that tells a story. Students read a one-page explanation, then read William Blake's "The Echoing Green" printed with line numbers, and answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, and three short-response questions about its characters, setting and order of events. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Parallel Plot Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on parallel plots. Students learn how a story can follow two or more storylines at once, answer eight questions, then complete four written responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Functional Text

Reading · Grades 6–9

Reading a Class Syllabus Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on reading a class syllabus. Students use a real-style course handout, with grade weights, a late-work policy, an absence rule, and extra-help times, to answer eight questions and four short-response questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 4–9

Reading a Flowchart Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 4-9 on reading a flowchart. Students learn the flowchart shapes – oval, rectangle, and diamond – and follow the arrows and yes/no branches through a real flowchart, then answer eight questions and four short-response prompts. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Reading a Job Posting Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on reading a job posting. Students use a real-style posting, with hours, pay, requirements, preferences, and a deadline, to answer eight questions and four short-response questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Informational Text

Reading · Grades 6–9

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on ethos, pathos, and logos. Students learn the three persuasive appeals – credibility, emotion, and logic – match eight terms to clues, and identify the appeal used in four examples. A diagram and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Francis Bacon Worksheet

A printable reading comprehension worksheet for grades 6-9 on Francis Bacon. Students read a one-page biography — the rise to Lord Chancellor and the corruption charges that ended it, the three vanities of scholars, why The New Organon was named to replace Aristotle, and the experiment that is said to have killed him — then answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, and six fill-ins. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Herodotus Worksheet

A printable reading comprehension worksheet for grades 6-9 on Herodotus. Students read a one-page passage on the first writer to ask why things happened, the two nicknames he has carried for two thousand years — Father of History and Father of Lies — and the sailors' report he wrote down without believing it, then answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, and six fill-ins. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on inductive and deductive reasoning. Students read a one-page explanation with three worked arguments, then answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, a six-term matching exercise, and six arguments to label deductive or inductive. A complete answer key is included.

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Literary Devices

Reading · Grades 6–9

Anticlimax Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on anticlimax. Students learn how a story can raise expectations and then deliver a letdown instead of an exciting climax, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Catharsis Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on catharsis. Students learn how a tragedy lets an audience release built-up emotion through pity and fear, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Hubris Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on hubris. Students learn how excessive pride becomes the fatal flaw that leads a tragic hero to a downfall, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. A diagram and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Irony vs. Sarcasm Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the difference between irony and sarcasm. Students learn that sarcasm is one kind of verbal irony with a target and the intent to sting, and that situational and dramatic irony involve no speaker at all, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Pathetic Fallacy Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on pathetic fallacy. Students learn how writers give nature and weather human emotions to match the mood of a scene, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Red Herring Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the red herring. Students learn how a false clue misleads the reader in mysteries, answer eight questions, then complete four written responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Subtext Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on subtext. Students learn to read what a character really means underneath the spoken words, using tone, gesture, and the contradiction between what a character says and does, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Symbol vs. Motif Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the difference between a symbol and a motif. Students learn that repetition is the test, that a motif is usually built out of imagery, and that both build toward the theme, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Understatement Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on understatement. Students learn how understatement makes something seem smaller than it is, answer eight questions, then complete four responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Literary Elements

Reading · Grades 6–9

Allusion in Reading Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on allusion. Students learn how a brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, myth, or text adds meaning, and how to use context to recognize one, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Anti-Hero Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on the anti-hero. Students learn how an anti-hero is a flawed main character, answer eight questions, then complete four written responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Archetypes Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on character archetypes. Students learn the hero, mentor, villain, trickster, and sidekick, name the archetype from descriptions, then answer four written responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Bildungsroman Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on the bildungsroman. Students learn how a coming-of-age story follows a young protagonist growing toward maturity, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Chekhov's Gun Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on Chekhov's gun. Students learn the principle that a detail shown early, like a gun on the wall, should matter later in the plot, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Comparing Themes Across Texts Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on comparing themes across texts. Students read two short passages that share a theme, find each lesson, then compare how the texts develop it and answer four short responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Denouement Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the denouement. Students learn how the final part of a story ties up loose ends and resolves the main problem after the climax, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Deus Ex Machina Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on deus ex machina. Students learn how an unexpected, unearned event suddenly solves a story's problem and why it can feel unsatisfying, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Epistolary Format Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the epistolary format. Students learn how a story can be told through letters, diary entries, and other documents in first person, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Flashforward Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on flashforward. Students learn how a story can jump ahead in time, how that differs from a flashback and from foreshadowing, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Foil Characters Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on foil characters. Students learn that a foil is a contrasting character who makes the main character's traits stand out, identify the highlighted trait in eight pairs, then answer four short responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

In Medias Res Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on in medias res. Students learn how a story can begin in the middle of the action, answer eight questions, then complete four responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Pacing in a Narrative Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on narrative pacing. Students learn how writers speed up and slow down a story, read a passage that shifts from slow to fast, identify the techniques, then answer four short responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Parallel Plot Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on parallel plots. Students learn how a story can follow two or more storylines at once, answer eight questions, then complete four written responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Plot Twist Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the plot twist. Students learn how a surprising turn of events works, how clues make a twist believable, and how a red herring misleads, then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 7–9

Soliloquy and Aside Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 7-9 on soliloquy and aside. Students learn how characters in a play share private thoughts – a soliloquy alone on stage, an aside to the audience – then match eight clues and answer four questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Tragic Hero Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on the tragic hero. Students learn how a noble character's own flaw, often pride, leads to a downfall, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Poetry

Reading · Grades 6–9

Analyzing a Poem Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on analyzing a poem. Students learn to look at speaker, theme, imagery, and figurative language, answer eight questions, then complete four responses. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Meter in Poetry Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on meter in poetry. Students learn how stressed and unstressed syllables form feet like the iamb and create a poem's rhythm, match eight terms to clues, and answer four short-response questions. A complete answer key is included.

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Reading · Grades 6–9

Narrative Poetry Worksheet

A printable reading worksheet for grades 6-9 on narrative poetry, the poem that tells a story. Students read a one-page explanation, then read William Blake's "The Echoing Green" printed with line numbers, and answer four multiple-choice questions, six true-or-false statements, and three short-response questions about its characters, setting and order of events. A complete answer key is included.

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SAT Reading

Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Central Ideas and Details Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will identify the central idea of a passage and distinguish it from a supporting detail that is true but too narrow. Two original passages carry ten items on central idea, the job a given detail does, and why a too-narrow choice is wrong, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Command of Evidence Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will choose the detail that supports a claim, and identify the finding that would strengthen or weaken one. Two original passages carry ten items on which detail supports a claim and which finding would strengthen or weaken it, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Cross-Text Connections Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will state how a second text relates to a first, telling a qualification and a shift of emphasis apart from a disagreement. Two original passages carry ten items on two paired texts: one pair that disagrees and one that agrees on the facts and differs on emphasis, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Inferences Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will draw the conclusion a text supports without stating, and reject the overreach and the plausible outside fact. Two original passages carry ten items on supported inferences, overreaches, and completing a text logically, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Quantitative Evidence Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will read a data table and choose the data point that supports a written claim, rejecting numbers that are true but irrelevant. Two original passages carry eight items read from two printed data tables, including the choice that goes beyond what a table can show, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Text Structure and Purpose Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will describe how a text is built and state what a given sentence is doing, including recognizing a concession. Two original passages carry ten items on overall structure and on what a particular sentence is doing, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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Reading · Grades 9–12

SAT Words in Context Worksheet

A printable SAT Reading worksheet for grades 9-12. Students will use context to choose the meaning of a common word used in a less common sense, and choose the most precise word to complete a text. Two original passages carry ten items: five asking what a word most nearly means in the passage, and five asking which word best completes a numbered blank, and a complete answer key names the correct choice for every item.

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