The following eighteen-page study guide provides students guiding questions while they read Kurt Vonnegut's dark comedy satirical novel "Slaughterhouse Five." The questions vary in difficulty, but they encourage students to not only simply recall comprehension questions about plot but also infer Vonnegut's style. Other assessed literary concepts include allusions, character archetypes, (indirect) characterization, conflict, costume, figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, irony, juxtapositi