Twelfth Night Act 2 Quiz & Close Reading Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night with this bundle of formative assessments. Included are the following: a multiple choice quiz on characters and plot, five close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Define words and phrases as they are used in the text
• Examine nuances in words with similar meanings
• Explore cause-and-effect relationships
• Discern tone in context
• Discern the intended effect of Shakespeare’s choices related to characterization
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Compare and contrast characters in the play
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, hyperbole, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more
• Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision