ReadingComprehensionAssignment2-S22.docx

    Reading Comprehension Assignment:

    Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds” & Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Boundary”

    Type your answers in the boxes below.

    1) Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds”

    Main Characters

    (Identify Narrator)

    Setting

    (Time/Place)

    Summary of Events

    (What Happened?)

    Central Conflict

    (Internal/External)

    Central Themes

    (Universal Idea(s) Explored throughout the Story)

    2) Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Boundary”

    Main Characters

    (Identify Narrator)

    Setting

    (Time/Place)

    Summary of Events

    (What Happened?)

    Central Conflict(s)

    (Internal/External)

    Central Themes

    (Universal Idea(s) Explored throughout the Story)

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