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