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Grade 10 Reading Worksheet: By Any Other Name

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“Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.”
— William Zinsser

This Grade 10 reading worksheet is based on the memoir By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau and focuses on high-level literary analysis of identity and cultural discrimination.

Content Overview

  • Activity 1: Identifying key ideas, including the narrator’s identity, forced name changes, and unfair treatment.

  • Activity 2: Analyzing themes of identity, discrimination, and the meaning of the title.

  • Activity 3: Examining tone, point of view, and implied emotions.

A complete answer key is included with sample analytical and inference-based responses.

Difficulty Level: Medium to Difficult 2 pages total 3 practice exercises 1 answer key page Text: By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau (Memoir) Skill Focus: Analyzing theme, author's purpose, tone, and personal narrative in memoir
Standards Alignment

✦ CCSS

RL.9–10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis.

RL.9–10.2: Determine a theme or central idea and analyze its development.

RL.9–10.6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature.

✦ CEFR: B2

Understand extended texts, identify implicit meaning, attitude, and viewpoint.

✦ Cambridge English

Reading for detailed meaning, understanding writer's attitude, and interpreting themes in personal and cultural texts.

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