"The Moon Bog" by H.P. Lovecraft Quiz and Close Reading Bundle

Promote active engagement with fiction, support the development of close reading analysis skills for high school, and evaluate general reading comprehension with this bundle of resources for teaching the supernatural short story “The Moon Bog” by H.P. Lovecraft. Included are the following: a printable, plot-based quiz; a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions; the public domain narrative; and answer keys. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. Students will:

• Articulate what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character mindsets and motivations
• Apply knowledge of various literary devices including foreshadowing, situational irony, and dramatic irony
• Define complex words as they are used in the text by taking into consideration denotative and connotative meanings
• Support responses with relevant textual evidence
• Write ideas with clarity, accuracy, and precision