Love's Labour's Lost Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

This close reading assessment bundle features text-dependent, high-order questions to promote improved reading comprehension and analysis of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. By completing these activities, students will:

• Discern and articulate what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Isolate a factual statement about the passage from false statements
• Examine cause-and-effect relationships
• Analyze Shakespearean language to discern and articulate meanings of words and phrases in context, taking into consideration denotative definitions and connotative associations
• Analyze Shakespearean language to discern and articulate tone in context
• Gain deeper insight into character modes of thinking by analyzing dialogue
• Analyze a portion of text to discern which literary device is applied in context (anaphora and simile)
• Demonstrate knowledge of Biron’s criticisms of those who are obsessive in their pursuit of knowledge
• Make reasonable inferences about why the quickness of Moth’s responses frustrates Armado
• Articulate Armado’s internal conflict in the context of an excerpt
• Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern what is implied about women who wear makeup
• Analyze Moth’s asides to discern and articulate what they reveal about his true feelings
• Conduct brief research on the topic of Humorism
• Analyze Costard’s use of malaprops and explain why Shakespeare had him speak in such a manner
• Interpret figurative language with emphasis on metaphor (“love is a devil”)
• Make an inference about what Armado finds reassuring about the tale of Samson
• Apply knowledge of situational irony by explaining what is unexpected about Cupid’s powers
• Articulate the significance of of Armado’s closing soliloquy
• Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text including alliteration, simile, hyperbole, and stichomythia
• Articulate the intended effect of hyperbole in the context of the passage
• Articulate the intended meaning of a given simile
• Define complex words and phrases in context, taking into consideration denotative meanings and connotative associations
• Identify the Princess’s motivation for choosing Boyet to be a spokesperson
• Identify textual evidence that serves to justify Maria’s judgment of Longaville
• Analyze Rosaline’s dialogue to discern tone in the context of her conversation with Biron
• Determine and articulate the primary purpose of a passage
• Explain why Longaville grows impatient with Boyet’s responses
• Identify the evidence supporting the claim that Ferdinand is lovesick, according to Boyet
• Articulate the intended meaning of a given metaphor
• Analyze Armado’s dialogue to discern and articulate what it reveals about his mindset
• Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern and articulate his intent
• Identify the most synonymous word or phrase to replace a given word in the text
• Analyze Moth’s dialogue to discern tone in context
• Contrast Costard’s characterization with that of Biron and Armado
• Apply knowledge of epiphora to the text
• Analyze Biron as a dynamic character, identifying textual evidence in support of the claim that he is dynamic
• Analyze Biron’s diaogue to discern and articulate what he believes is Cupid’s motivation for plaguing him with feelings of love
• Analyze Armado’s letter and articulate the function of an excerpt
• Analyze Rosaline’s dialogue and actions to argue how she defies standard conventions of femininity and what her motivations are
• Analyze Shakespeare’s craft to identify which literary devices he employs and what their intended effects are (emphasis is placed on rhyme, innuendo, diacope, metaphor, and irony)
• Write with clarity, logic, and precision