Grade 4 English: Literary Analysis

Free Grade 4 English unit on Literary Analysis: 10 lessons in order, starting with Plot structure. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

10 lessons in this unit

Identify the parts of a plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Describe a character’s traits using their words, actions and thoughts, and explain how the character changes.

Describe how the setting, time and place, creates an atmosphere or mood in a story.

Identify the theme of a story, the message about life, and support it with details from the text.

Tell first-person from third-person narration and explain how point of view changes what we know.

Recognise and explain similes, metaphors, personification, idioms and hyperbole.

Compare and contrast two stories on theme, characters, setting and events.

Support answers about a text with accurate details and quotations, introducing and explaining each piece of evidence.

Write a short summary of a story that covers the main events and theme without small details or opinions.

Interpret the deeper meaning of a short text by reading clues, symbols and word choice, and support your interpretation.