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The document provides character charts and analysis questions for the short story "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury, including a chart to identify each character's personality traits and themes based on evidence from the story, questions to analyze the title by defining the word "kaleidoscope" and explaining how the story fits that definition, and a question asking the student to cite metaphors used in the story to describe the rocket ship.

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Kaleidoscope Preview

The document provides character charts and analysis questions for the short story "Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury, including a chart to identify each character's personality traits and themes based on evidence from the story, questions to analyze the title by defining the word "kaleidoscope" and explaining how the story fits that definition, and a question asking the student to cite metaphors used in the story to describe the rocket ship.

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Name Language Arts

Period Common Core

“Kaleidoscope”
By Ray Bradbury
Character Chart
Directions: Reread the story, as you read identify evidence that describes each characters’
personality. Add the evidence to the chart. Analyze each detail and identify each character’s
personality traits and the theme they are representing. Stimson has been done for you as an
example.
Character Trait Evidence Theme
Applegate

Stimson Constantly screaming


Cowardly Panics Keep calm in
Weak Could not accept his fate emergency situations
Death is part of life

Lespere

Hollis
Name Language Arts
Period Common Core

“Kaleidoscope”
By Ray Bradbury
Title Analysis

Directions: Ray Bradbury has titled this story “Kaleidoscope”. Analyze the
definition of the word ‘kaleidoscope’ and how this word relates to the story.

1. Define the word ‘kaleidoscope’.

2. Explain why Bradbury has titled this story “Kaleidoscope”. How is this
astronaut story like a kaleidoscope?

3. Illustrate this story’s kaleidoscope.

4. The title is a metaphor used to describe the rocket ship. From the story cite the
metaphors Bradbury used to describe the rocket ship.
Name Language Arts
Period Common Core

“Kaleidoscope”
By Ray Bradbury
Review Puzzle

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