Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories - Quizzes and Analysis Activities (Volume 1)
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "Hop Frog," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Determine the functions of given excerpts
Describe tone in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including alliteration, anaphora, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, hubris, hyperbaton, paradox, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Conduct brief research on Roman mythology to discern and articulate why the name Pluto carries symbolic value
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "Hop Frog," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Determine the functions of given excerpts
Describe tone in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including alliteration, anaphora, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, hubris, hyperbaton, paradox, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Conduct brief research on Roman mythology to discern and articulate why the name Pluto carries symbolic value
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "Hop Frog," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques
Determine the functions of given excerpts
Describe tone in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including alliteration, anaphora, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, hubris, hyperbaton, paradox, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Conduct brief research on Roman mythology to discern and articulate why the name Pluto carries symbolic value
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:
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This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Edgar Allan Poe, are featured: "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "Hop Frog," and "The Masque of the Red Death." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included.