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Socratic Seminar- Questions

 

Socratic Seminar

1.  Who is the Protagonist?

2.  Where does the story take place at the beginning?

3.  Who is the deuteragonist?

4.  Whose POV is the story narrated?

5.  What do we know about the protagonist in the introduction?

6.  What do we know about the deuteragonist in the introduction?

7.  Who is morally black character in the story?

8.  Who is morally white character in the story?

9.  Do you find any grey or black and white character in the story?

10.  What is the conflict in the story?

11.  Do you find any antagonist in the story?

12.  What is that binds or links the characters?

13.  What surprises you in the story?

14.  What offends you in the story?

15.  What is that you like in the story?

16.  Whose acts do you disagree with in the story? Why?

17.  Who would you want to be in the story? Why?

18.  What change would you want to bring in the story ?

   How would it affect the characters or the story?

19.  Which part of the story made you think deeply?

20.  Who do you sympathize with in the story?

21.  What objections do you have to the story?

22.  Which part of the story was heart-touching/emotional?

23.  Which part(s) of the story felt realistic?

24.  Which part(s) of the story felt unrealistic?

25.  If you were the writer, where would you make changes in

   the story? Why?

26.  Was the climax expected? Was it apt?

27.  What other ending do you think would have been apt?

28.  What is the main theme of the story?

29.  What is the genre of the story?

30.  How many morals do we get to learn from the story?

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