Catcher in the Rye Chapters 10-12 Bundle

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Measure reading comprehension and support analysis of Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (chapters 10-12) with this bundle, which features a plot-based quiz and close reading exercises. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging in these exercises, students will:

• Articulate what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Explain the significance of a given detail
• Write with clarity, logic, and precision
• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
• Explore character motivations
• Compare Allie and Phoebe
• Analyze the author’s word choices to discern meaning in context
• Verify interpretations of language using reference materials such as a dictionary or thesaurus
• Apply knowledge of situational irony and understatement
• Articulate how Holden can discern that the three women at the club are tourists
• Identify several specific ways in which the three women do not live up to Holden’s standards
• Articulate how Holden goads one of the women into showing her gullibility
• Articulate how the three women demonstrate cleverness
• Articulate how Holden wishes to be perceived, as well as how he is actually perceived
• Analyze the significance of a tense shift in Holden’s language
• Identify several of Jane’s eccentricities that Holden finds endearing
• Compare Jane and Holden’s methods of dealing with trauma
• Discern tone in context
• Make logical inferences about Holden’s manner of referring to others
• Explain how Holden exhibits psychological projection in his conversation with the cab driver
• Identify the nature of Lillian’s connection to D.B.
• Articulate what Holden implies about Lillian’s personality in the context of an excerpt
• Identify Holden’s personal reason for disliking Lillian’s date
• Articulate how Holden feels widespread praise affects art
• Articulate how Ernie reinforces Holden’s opinions on how praise affects art