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How do you feel about reading Shakespeare?. Warm Up:. Shakespeare’s Language. Singular Pronouns Thou - Subject: "Thou art my brother." Thee - Object: "Come, let me clutch thee." Thy - Possessive Adjective: "What is thy name?" Thine - Possessive Noun: "To thine own self be true.". - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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How do you feel about reading Shakespeare?Warm Up:

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Shakespeare’s Language

Singular PronounsThou - Subject: "Thou art my brother."

Thee - Object: "Come, let me clutch thee."

Thy - Possessive Adjective: "What is thy name?"

Thine - Possessive Noun: "To thine own self be true."

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The funny verb endings…

-st –est –t Used to show 2nd personTalking to someoneThou hast to do thine schoolwork.

-t, -th, -eth/ -sUsed to show 3rd person (closer to what we use now)Talking about someoneShe hath to do her homework.

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Word inventorShakespeare is credited with creating over 1700 of our common words

Change the part of speechCombine words Adding prefixes or suffixesMaking up wholly original words

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Word OrderShakespeare was very particular in his word order. He may have been trying to

Create a specific rhythmEmphasize a certain wordGive a character a specific speech pattern

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What would a Shakespeare sentence look like?

Peace brings a glooming this it morning with

"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.”

Give an that did Egyptian handkerchief my to mother

"That handkerchief did an Egyptian to my mother give."

Thou shape thy still invisible retain

"Thy shape invisible retain thou still."

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Questions to answer1. What do hip hop and Shakespeare share?2. How does Akala vocalize the rhythm?3. Is the Queen’s English of today the same

as when Shakespeare spoke it?4. What percentage of Shakespeare’s

audience couldn’t read or write?5. What theory does Akala present that

addresses the debate that Shakespeare didn’t write his own works?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY

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Two Language Perspectives

Your task is create a modern day conversation that would be found in a cartoon of 4 panels. After you create this conversation, you have to translate it into a Shakespearean conversation.

Panel 1

ShakespeareLanguage

Modern