"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry 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 short story “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry. Included are the following: a 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. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Articulate what is stated in the text explicitly and implicitly
• Articulate the significance of a given detail
• Discern the tone of a given excerpt
• Discern the function of a given paragraph
• Apply knowledge of foreshadowing
• Explore character motivations
• Demonstrate knowledge of characterization
• Analyze the effect point of view has on the reader
• Cite textual evidence in support of inferences and claims
• Write with clarity and precision