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What do you know about Shakespeare?

What do you know about Shakespeare?. Question 1: . True or False: Shakespeare was American. Question 1: . FALSE Shakespeare was born in Britain in 1564. Question 2:. True or False: Shakespeare only wrote plays. Question 2:. FALSE! Shakespeare wrote sonnets (a type of poem),

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What do you know about Shakespeare?

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  1. What do you know about Shakespeare?

  2. Question 1: • True or False: Shakespeare was American.

  3. Question 1: • FALSE • Shakespeare was born in Britain in 1564.

  4. Question 2: True or False: Shakespeare only wrote plays.

  5. Question 2: FALSE! Shakespeare wrote sonnets (a type of poem), narrative poems, and plays

  6. Question 3: • Shakespeare was born in… • A. London, England • B. Williamsburg, Virginia • C. Stratford-upon-Avon, England • D. Dublin, Ireland

  7. Question 3: Shakespeare was born in… C. Stratford-upon-Avon, England

  8. Question 4: True or False: • Shakespeare only wrote tragedies.

  9. Question 4: FALSE! • Shakespeare wrote tragedies, histories, and comedies. Some examples: Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Henry VIII is a history, and Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy.

  10. Question 5: • True or false: • Shakespeare was the first person to use the following phrases: • A dish fit for the gods • As dead as a doornail • In a pickle • Vanish into thin air

  11. Question 5: • TRUE! We still use many of his phrases! • Some others: • All that glitters is not gold • Clothes make the man • Heart of gold • Too much of a good thing • To thine own self be true

  12. How did you do?Remember what you’ve seen here…you might see it again. 

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