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Help high school students go beyond basic comprehension, explore literary devices, and improve critical thinking skills with this close reading inference worksheet covering Act 4, scene 5, of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with this close reading analysis activity, students will:

  • Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
  • Discern the tone of a given passage
  • Determine the function of a given passage
  • Define words and phrases as they are used in the text
  • Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
  • Compare and contrast Hamlet and Ophelia
  • Compare and contrast Hamlet and Laertes
  • Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor and simile
  • Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence
  • Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

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Hamlet Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Challenge high school students to push beyond basic reading comprehension and exercise close reading analysis skills while engaging with *Hamlet* by William Shakespeare. Given the objective nature of the multiple choice questions, each close reading activity is rigorous enough for students to find deeper meaning in the text, yet convenient enough for teachers to quickly and efficiently gather data on their students' textual analysis skills. Included are twenty close reading worksheets, each addressing an individual scene, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By the end of the play, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define words and phrases as they are used in the text * Discern the tone of given passages * Determine the functions of given scenes * Analyze plot from a historical perspective * Consider the greater significance of given details * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Compare and contrast characters * Examine the effect of Shakespeare's narrative techniques with emphasis on the incorporation of figurative language * Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, euphemism, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, situational irony, dramatic irony, and more * Conduct brief research to answer a question connecting the drama to aspects of Greek mythology * Consider autobiographical parallel, drawing an informed inference about Shakespeare's philosophy on the purpose of dramatic performances based on details provided in a given scene * Explore themes with emphasis on humanity's relationship with the universe * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence * Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision

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Hamlet Act 4 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Measure high school reading comprehension and support analysis of Shakespeare's tragedy *Hamlet* (Act 4) with this bundle that features a plot-based quiz and rigorous close reading activities. By engaging with these resources, students will identify what the text says explicitly and implicitly, apply knowledge of literary devices, interpret figurative expressions, make engagement with text visible, and more. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: * Define complex words and phrases in context * Verify interpretations of words and phrases using reference materials such as a dictionary and thesaurus * Identify an example of figurative language and explain its effect * Apply knowledge of verbal irony, sibilance, personification, consonance, and inversion to the text * Isolate a factual statement about plot development from falsehoods * Analyze character actions and dialogue to discern character motivations * Analyze a character's dialogue to discern what it suggests about their psychological state * Identify and explain Claudius's dominant internal conflict * Analyze Hamlet's dialogue to discern and articulate how he portrays Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as less than human * Cite textual evidence in support of the claim that Hamlet shows disrespect toward the king * Analyze the author's craft to discern what effect is created by presenting several consecutive brief scenes * Isolate a factual statement about plot development from falsehoods * Identify why it is important for Claudius to give the illusion of careful consideration when banishing Hamlet * Identify Hamlet's justification for calling Claudius his mother * Make a logical inference about Hamlet's thinking based on dialogue * Compare and contrast Hamlet and Ophelia * Compare and contrast Hamlet and Laertes * Determine the primary purpose of Hamlet's letter to Horatio * Discern the tone of a given passage * Cite textual evidence in support of claims and ideas

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