Shakespeare Said…
Instructions on how to complete these writing assignments
How do I do these exercises? (see example on the reverse side)
1. Divide the page into two sections so that the left side takes up 1/3 of the page and the right
side takes up 2/3 of the page (draw a line dividing the two sides).
2. When instructed to complete a Shakespeare Said… exercise, select one passage from the
section of reading you found significant to the play. This means the line should be
important in terms of character or plot development.
In the left hand column:
3. Copy the passage (enough text that you can write a ½ page response to). Place the act,
scene, and line number in parentheses following your quotation.
o Ex. (1.4.1-5). This quotation can be found in Act I, scene iv, lines 1-5.
4. Below the quotation and citation, write who said it and to whom it was said.
5. List the setting (time and place).
In the right-hand column,
6. Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What does this quotation mean? Translate it into your own words.
2. Why is this passage important to the play?
3. Are there any literary terms (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, pun, etc.) used in
this passage? If so, list and explain them.
4. What do you think will happen next in the play? Make a prediction based on
this quotation.
© Lisa Macomber 2013
Student’s First & Last Name
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Shakespeare Said…#1
“Of honorable reckoning
1. You both come from wealthy and respected
are you both/and pit ‘tis you
families and it is a shame that the families
liv’d at odds so long./ But
have been fighting for so long. What is
now, my lord, what say you
your answer to my question, though? May I
to my suit” (1.2.4-6).
marry your daughter?
2. This passage is important to the play because it
Paris said this to
introduces another romantic interest for
Lord Capulet.
Juliet. I thought this play was just about
Romeo and Juliet but it is not. I wonder
It was said on a street in
how Juliet will deal with this situation.
Verona after the Prince
3. There are no literary terms in this passage.
sentences the Capulets and
4. I think Paris will take Capulet’s advice and go
Montagues for fighting in
to the party where he will meet Juliet in
the streets again.
person. I don’t think Juliet will like him,
though, because the title of the play is The
Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, not Paris and
Juliet.
© Lisa Macomber 2013