Twelfth Night Act 1 Quiz & Close Reading Bundle

Help high school students extend reading comprehension and analyze plot developments in Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with this bundle of assessments. Answer keys are included. Covering every scene in Act 1, this bundle offers a plot-based quiz and five close reading analysis worksheets designed to facilitate students’ abilities to do the following:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Define complex vocabulary in the context of a passage
• Examine nuances in words with similar denotations
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
• Compare and contrast two characters (Orsino and Olivia)
• Discern the tone of a given excerpt
• Determine the functions of particular excerpts
• Explore nuances in words with similar meanings
• Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and sibilance
• Conduct brief research on classical mythology — more specifically the tale of Arion and the dolphin — and draw parallels between the mythological figure and Sebastian
• Consider the text’s allusion to Elysium to infer greater meaning
• Defend claims with reasoned thinking and relevant textual evidence
• Write ideas with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literary materials