Promote high school close reading skills and analysis of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in the classroom and in distance learning contexts. A variety of high-order question types facilitates the process of analyzing character motivations, examining how word choices influence a reader’s interpretations, applying knowledge of literary devices, and articulating ideas in writing with clarity and precision. A detailed answer key is included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.
This resource may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.
By completing this exercise, students will:
- Articulate and analyze what the text states explicitly and implicitly
- Analyze Shakespeare’s craft to articulate how he uses symbolic imagery and descriptive language to convey emotions
- Cite textual evidence in support of ideas and claims
- Make logical inferences in context
- Analyze relationships between complex characters
- Explore character motivations
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including personification
- Articulate the significance of a given detail
- Make sense of literary allusions
- Discern the tone of a given excerpt in context
- Explore cause-and-effect relationships
- Write ideas with clarity and precision
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The Merchant of Venice Close Reading Analysis Worksheets Bundle
Use this bundle of rigorous close reading resources to help high school students extend reading comprehension and analyze plot developments over the course of William Shakespeare’s *The Merchant of Venice*. Answer keys are included. Covering every single scene in the play, this bundle offers 20 editable worksheets designed to facilitate students’ abilities to do the following: * Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly * Define complex words and phrases as they are used * Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact * Examine how Shakespeare’s character choices affect the audience * Isolate opinions with which characters are likely to agree * Examine narrative techniques used to make Portia seem emotionally flustered * Consider the motif of the guest-host relationship and argue whether Portia conforms to the expectations of a good host, or whether she fails to meet expectations and represents a bad host * Compare and contrast characters (Antonio and Shylock; Portia and Antonio; Jessica and Portia) * Apply knowledge of many literary devices with emphasis on metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, allusion, personification, symbolism, invective, euphemism, juxtaposition, hyperbole situational irony, and dramatic irony * Conduct brief online research (if necessary) to determine the symbolic value of a particular object * Determine the functions of given passages * Discern the tone of several passages * Explore how Shakespeare creates suspense * Explore themes * Explore cause-and-effect relationships * Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss the play * Defend claims with reasoned thinking and relevant evidence * Write ideas with accuracy, clarity, and precision
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The Merchant of Venice Act 5 Quiz and Close Reading Bundle
Help high school students extend reading comprehension and analyze plot developments in Act 5 of William Shakespeare's *The Merchant of Venice* with this bundle of assessments. Answer keys are included. This bundle offers a plot-based quiz and a close reading analysis worksheet designed to facilitate students' abilities to do the following: * Identify what the text says both explicitly and implicitly * Examine how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact * Make sense of literary allusions * Discern the tone of a given excerpt in context * Explore cause-and-effect relationships * Apply knowledge of literary devices including personification * Examine the effect of Shakespeare's symbolic imagery * Cite textual evidence in support of ideas and claims * Write ideas with clarity and precision
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