Coraline by Neil Gaiman Study Guide - Higher-Level Questioning & Figurative Language

Aug 27, 2026

A Coraline by Neil Gaiman study guide designed to strengthen higher-level reading and writing skills through structured question creation and response. It outlines multiple question styles (finding details, explaining how/why, analyzing author purpose, making predictions or giving opinions, and personal connections) and provides complete-sentence chapter questions for Ones through Thirteen. It also requires students to locate and record figurative language examples in every chapter with quotation marks and page numbers for assessment.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages11

Reading Time28 min

AccessFree to download

Higher-Level Questioning Techniques

Question Styles (A-E)

Chapter Questions (Complete Sentences)

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Figurative Language in Coraline

Requirements for Quotation Marks and Page Numbers

Name: Period \#: Date Turned In: Coraline by Neil Gaiman Study Guide-This may be used on your test! HIGHER-LEVEL QUESTIONING-PAGE 2 With our first book, Coraline, you are going to practice your higher-level thinking skills by not only answering questions but creating them as well. There are several different techniques to use when asking questions. Here are the styles we will be using: A.“Find a detail”: The answers to this type of question can be found by recalling what you read or by looking in the book. Example: What color are Coraline’s Wellington boots? B.“Explain how or why”: This type of question explains how or why a character did something, or how or why a certain event took place. It can also be a statement or a description. Example: Explain how Coraline finds the third soul. C.“Question the author’s purpose”: We ask this type of question to predict why the author would include a certain event, character, or description in the novel. Example: Why does the author give the “other” characters button eyes instead of real eyes? D.“Make a prediction or state an opinion”: This question often begins with “Why do you think,” or “What do you predict” and asks for something specific from the reader. Example: What do you predict will happen to the Other Father when the Other Mother learns he was nice to Coraline? E.“Personal connection”: Literature is often more meaningful when we can connect what we read to something that’s going on in our own lives. A personal connection question asks the reader if he or she can relate in some way to an event or character in the book. Example: Has your curiosity ever gotten you into trouble? Using these styles of questions, you will create some of your own questions for the chapters when indicated. (Don’t forget to answer them!) Look at the descriptions above (A,B,C,D, orE) to determine which type of question you’re supposed to ask. LOCATE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE-PAGE 7 Locate examples of figurative language used in EACH chapter of the novel. There are at least ten per chapter. Example: IMAGERY - “She explored the garden. It was a big garden: at the very back was an old tennis court, but no one in the house played tennis and the fence around the corner had holes in it, and the net had mostly rotted away; there was an old rose garden, filled with stunted, flyblown rosebushes; there was a rockery that was all rocks; there was a fairy ring, made of squidgy brown toadstools, which smelled dreadful if you accidentally trod on them.” Pages 2-3. HIGHER-LEVEL QUESTIONING YOU MUST WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, OR IT WILL NOT COUNT. Chapter One: 1. (A: Find a detail) How many windows did Coraline count? 2. (B: Explain/Describe) Describe what the garden looked like. 3. (C: Author’s Purpose) Why did the author set this story in England? 4. (D: Prediction/Opinion) Why do you think Coraline wants her mother to lock the door? 5. (E: Personal Connection) What do you do on rainy days when you can’t go outside? Chapter Two: 1. (A): Why do the mice not like the mist? 2. (B): 3. (C): Why does the author create such poor weather? Why not a nice, sunny day? 4. (D): Make a prediction about the connection between the mice’s message and the reading from the tea leaves. 5. (E): What would you say if someone wanted to read your future? Would you let them? Why or why not? Chapter Three: 1. (A): What color of gloves does Coraline want? 2. (B): Describe what the “other world” looks like. 3. (C): Why does the author give Coraline such a curious personality? 4. (D): 5. (E): When has your curiosity gotten you into trouble? Chapter Four: 1. (A): Why don’t cats need names? 2. (B): Explain what Coraline has to do in order to stay there “forever and always.” 3. (C): 4. (D): Predict why the cat tells Coraline to “hang on” to her protection. 5. (E): If one of your pets could talk, what would he or she sound like? Explain. Chapter Five: 1. (A): 2. (

FAQs

What question styles does the study guide require students to use?

The guide uses five styles: A) find a detail, B) explain how/why, C) question the author’s purpose, D) make a prediction or state an opinion, and E) make a personal connection.

What format must students follow when answering the chapter questions?

Students must write in complete sentences, or the answers will not count.

How should students record figurative language examples from each chapter?

Students must include quotation marks and the page number, and locate at least ten examples in each chapter.

Aug 27, 2026

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