LanguageRadio ActivitySonnet 18

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In your journal, describe the image that you see. Think of your written piece as a mental snap-shot of what you see. Be as descriptive as possible. Choose your words with thought and care.

Let’s do some writing…

An Introduction to the Language of Shakespeare (part 2)

My Language is Different from Your Language…Or is

it?

Did you know that Shakespeare used 25,000 – 30,000 words in his plays? WOW!!!He made up words. This is referred to

as neologism.Examples: lonely, gloomy, hurry, laughable,

road, ETC…Many of the words he used were the

first time they were saw in print. He coined a lot of phrases.“eaten out of house and home”, “pomp and

circumstance”, “foregone conclusion”

Shakespeare’s Use of Language…

Shakespeare loved to punThe usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to

suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound

He played with his words and his audienceBear, bierBarn, born

He was extremely flexible with literal and figurative languageLiteral - Adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction

or primary meaning of a term or expressionFigurative - Expressing one thing in terms normally

denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous 

Shakespeare’s Use of Language…

Shakespeare uses “several verb forms and patterns to serve as tools, affective instruments designed to move the audience, to give pleasure, to engage, to amuse, to excite” (McDonald 55).Richard III (1.1.1-31)

His character is wicked, villainous…straight up mean.

What does Shakespeare do with the language in this passage?

Language as Theme

AsideUsually a short, pithy conversation to audience and

no one elseMonologue

Long speech on stage that other people can hearSoliloquy

Long speech with no one on stage, internal thoughts

Blank VerseUnrhymed iambic pentameter

MetadramaPlay within a play

How Shakespeare Uses Language…

Most of Shakespeare’s plays are open scriptLack of stage directionMost direction added by editorsLanguage speaks/dictates the directionMoments “to make your own”

Closed scriptsModern playsDoesn’t allow for “openness” or

interpretation of the setting/direction

How Shakespeare Uses Language…

Comedy, History, Tragedy, RomanceComedy

They present a complication that is resolved in the end. The “comedy” is in the process. The “to” is the key…Confusion to order2 to 1Marriage to bedroomUnhappiness to satisfactionSeparation to union

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy

Genres of Shakespeare’s Plays

Each of you will receive a line from A Midsummer Night’s DreamRead the line to yourself. Are there any words that

you don’t understand or can’t pronounce? What are they?

Let’s get into a BIG CIRCLE with your lines in handOne section at a time…please

You will say your line, then toss the toy to someone. They will catch the toy, say their line, and toss the toy to someone else. We will continue this until all the lines have been said a few times. Try saying the line differently each time…

Tossing Lines Activity

Ticket out the door…Return to your desks and get out your journals.

In your journal, write down as many lines as you can remember (at least 3). Then write a question you still have about today’s lesson. Write your name at the top of your paper, tear it out of your journal (carefully) and turn it in.

HomeworkStudy your guided notes

Let’s wrap it up…