Measure high school reading comprehension and support analysis of Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet (Act 5) with this bundle that features a plot-based quiz and a rigorous close reading activity. 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 resources, students will:

• Articulate what the text says explicitly and implicitly
• Consider author’s intent and articulate why Shakespeare may have chosen to begin this scene in a graveyard
• Analyze characterization to discern the gravedigger’s primary function(s)
• Discern the tone of a given excerpt
• Consider how aristocratic class privileges influence plot development
• Describe Hamlet’s reaction to the gravedigger’s singing, as well as the reason for his reaction
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, allusion, alliteration, dramatic irony, situational irony, and more
• Characterize Hamlet’s relationship with Yorick
• Articulate how Hamlet’s lack of emotional or psychological control is manifested physically
• Make logical inferences from the point of view of Hamlet
• Demonstrate knowledge of Claudius’s mindset
• Write with clarity and precision