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Shakespearean Grammar Practice

Shakespearean Grammar Practice. Get a whiteboard, a marker and a tissue to erase!. Syllables . It was important for Shakespeare to know how many syllables in each word so he could make sure each line had 10 syllables How figure out syllables

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Shakespearean Grammar Practice

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  1. Shakespearean Grammar Practice Get a whiteboard, a marker and a tissue to erase!

  2. Syllables • It was important for Shakespeare to know how many syllables in each word so he could make sure each line had 10 syllables • How figure out syllables • How many times can you clap while you say the word? • How many vowels does it have? • Example…3 vowels so ex/am/ple

  3. Secretary • Sec/ret/ar/y

  4. Baseball • Base/ball

  5. love • Love

  6. Contractions • This is when an apostrophe is used to either • combine two words • Take letters out of a word to make it shorter

  7. ‘Twere • It were

  8. Ne’er • Never

  9. O’er • Over

  10. E’en • Even

  11. ‘tis and is’t • It is • Is it

  12. ‘twill • It will

  13. Truncations • When a word is shortened by removing letters, usually from the end of the word

  14. Ope • open

  15. oft • often

  16. Adding accents • Accents show which part of a word should be stressed • For example, Beyoncé has an accent over it to show that the e should be pronounced…otherwise her name would be BE-YONS • Banished = Banishéd • Punished = punishéd • This is done to give words an extra syllable so they fit with the pattern of Iambic Pentameter

  17. SEC/re/tar/y • Sec/RE/tar/y • Sec/re/TAR/y

  18. LIND/say • Lind/SAY

  19. balance • BAL/ance

  20. Rearranging Grammar • He had to mess with Grammar to make the rhythm correct • Instead of “He went to school before the sun was up” he’d write “to school ‘fore the day was dawn he travelled”

  21. I would not for the world they saw thee here! • For all the world, I would not have them see you here!

  22. By whose direction found’st thou out this place? • Who gave you directions to find this place?

  23. Changing endings • Adding –est, -th, -st to the end of the word is the same as adding an s or es • This was just the way they talked!

  24. Doth • Does

  25. Hath • Has

  26. Hearest • hears

  27. Quoth • quotes

  28. Fall’st • Falls

  29. Whither • Where

  30. Hither • Here

  31. Thither • there

  32. Wilt • Will

  33. How are you feeling about reading Romeo and Juliet? What are you concerned about? Looking forward to?

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