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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Sphinx.” This piece of psychological horror features compelling plot elements including a cholera epidemic, social isolation, fear of death, and more. An answer key and copy of the narrative are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
- The nature of the epidemic
- The location of the epidemic
- The narrator’s current location
- The length of time the narrator is away from home
- The relationship of the narrator to his roommate
- General character descriptions
- The narrator’s beliefs concerning omens
- The narrator’s obsessive tendencies
- The narrator’s frightening observation
- The reason the narrator was mistaken in his observation
- The roommate’s evaluation of the narrator in the resolution
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Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories - Quizzes and Analysis Activities (Volume 3)
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "The Oval Portrait," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Sphinx," and "The Imp of the Perverse." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will: * Read for literal comprehension * Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words * Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings * Determine the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences * Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques * Describe tone in context * Determine the function of given excerpts * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on hyperbole, paradox, situational irony, and more * Conduct brief research into Poe's personal life to explain autobiographical parallels between the author and the plot of "The Oval Portrait" * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision * Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
"The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe Quiz and Close Reading Questions Bundle
For many high school readers, horror and psychological fiction are genres that maximize engagement with literature. "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe features plot elements consistent with both genres: a cholera epidemic, social isolation, omens, fear of death, and more. With this bundle of high school resources covering "The Sphinx," English teachers will save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Included are the following: a multiple choice, plot-based quiz; a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading analysis questions; the public domain narrative; and answer keys. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. With these materials, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Examine how complex characters think, behave, and interact * Explore character motivations * Define complex words as they are used in context * Analyze nuances in words with similar meanings * Choose the most appropriate synonym to replace a given word without changing fundamental meaning * Paraphrase information * Make logical inferences based on context clues * Explain how a given detail (the fact that it was "an exceedingly warm day") is an example of paradox * Apply knowledge of various literary devices including hyperbole * Identify several examples of the narrator's self-awareness * Identify several examples of the narrator's questionable judgment * Support claims and ideas with reasoned thinking and relevant textual evidence * Write ideas with clarity, logic, and precision
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