"The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft Quiz, Close Reading, and Vocabulary Activities Bundle

This bundle of resources for teaching "The Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Outsider.” Included are the following: a plot-based quiz, a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions, a craft analysis activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, a word search, a crossword puzzle, the public domain narrative, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. With these materials, students will:

• Respond clearly, concisely, and accurately to concrete and analytical questioning
• Locate textual evidence in support of claims
• Analyze the symbolic meaning of an object
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including situational irony and foreshadowing, articulating how they are applied while citing evidence in support of claims
• Explore character motivations
• Analyze the author’s craft with emphasis on unique phrasing, sentence structures, and sensory language