Backward World

Students read a creative passage describing a fictional world where everything happens in reverse. They must identify examples of opposites within the story and answer comprehension questions about how this reversed logic works. The activity enhances understanding of contrasting ideas while building reading comprehension and inference skills. Students also explore how authors use opposites for imaginative effect. The included challenge question encourages students to apply the same concept by writing about additional reversed scenarios.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension

English Language Arts – Identifying Opposites in Context

English Language Arts – Inferencing and Interpretation

Creative Thinking – Imagining Alternative Scenarios

This worksheet is part of our Opposites and Contrasts Worksheets collection.