Twelfth Night Act 3 Quiz and Close Reading Worksheets Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills while teaching Act 3 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, four close reading worksheets addressing the author’s craft, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.

Materials in this bundle may facilitate small-group discussions in which students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development. Using these resources for structured guidance, students will improve their ability to present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly and convincingly.

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
• Discern the main function of a given passage
• Discern the intended effects of Shakespeare’s stylistic choices
• Discern tone in context
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including oxymoron, situational irony, dramatic irony, ambiguity, paradox, hyperbole, and more
• Explore the text for thematic significance
• Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence
• Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision