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Practice Writing Like Shakespeare!
Directions: Find an example of the following devices within Romeo and Juliet. Mimic
Shakespeare’s writing and create your own lines. Be sure to cite where you found the
example in the text.
Allusion – makes reference to something known
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Alliteration -- repetition of a particular sound
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Personification – human characteristics to non-human things
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Metaphor – comparison of two unlike things
Shakespeare:
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Simile – comparison using like or as
Shakespeare:
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Foreshadowing – hints towards a certain plot development
Shakespeare:
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Soliloquy – character speaks to oneself
Shakespeare:
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Asides – character speaks to the audience
Shakespeare:
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Pun -- form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, often used with similar
sounding words
Shakespeare:
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Write a Sonnet!
14 Lines -- Iambic Pentameter -- End Rhyme
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