Help high school students go beyond basic comprehension, explore literary devices, and improve critical thinking skills with this close reading inference worksheet covering Act 3, scene 3, of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Consider using this resource as an in-class group activity; it may facilitate deeper conversations about characters, plot developments, and literary craft. By engaging with this close reading analysis activity, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
- Consider the greater significance of given details
- Define words and phrases as they are used in the text
- Discern the intended effect of Shakespearean language in context
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on dramatic irony, simile, and metaphor
- Determine the tone of a given passage
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence
- Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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Hamlet Close Reading Worksheets Bundle
Challenge high school students to push beyond basic reading comprehension and exercise close reading analysis skills while engaging with *Hamlet* by William Shakespeare. Given the objective nature of the multiple choice questions, each close reading activity is rigorous enough for students to find deeper meaning in the text, yet convenient enough for teachers to quickly and efficiently gather data on their students' textual analysis skills. Included are twenty close reading worksheets, each addressing an individual scene, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By the end of the play, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define words and phrases as they are used in the text * Discern the tone of given passages * Determine the functions of given scenes * Analyze plot from a historical perspective * Consider the greater significance of given details * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Compare and contrast characters * Examine the effect of Shakespeare's narrative techniques with emphasis on the incorporation of figurative language * Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, euphemism, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more * Conduct brief research to answer a question connecting the drama to aspects of Greek mythology * Consider autobiographical parallel, drawing an informed inference about Shakespeare's philosophy on the purpose of dramatic performances based on details provided in a given scene * Explore themes with emphasis on humanity's relationship with the universe * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence * Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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Hamlet Act 3 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle
Measure high school reading comprehension and support analysis of Shakespeare's tragedy *Hamlet* (Act 3) with this bundle that features a plot-based quiz and rigorous close reading activities. By engaging with these resources, students will identify what the text says explicitly and implicitly, apply knowledge of literary devices, interpret figurative expressions, make engagement with text visible, and more. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: * Discern what the text states both explicitly and implicitly * Explore cause-and-effect relationships * Analyze character statements and behaviors to draw logical inferences about character development and motivations * Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text with emphasis on metaphor and personification * Make logical inferences about why the ghost reappears when it does * Analyze complex vocabulary and phrasing in context to determine meaning and intended effect * Analyze an excerpt to determine its primary function * Analyze dialogue to draw well informed inferences about Shakespeare's philosophy on the purposes of dramatic performances * Articulate ideas with clarity and precision
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