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! Ms. Hoffman! English I Name:_______________________! Date:_______________ Period: __ Shakespeare’s Language Tricks ! The list below contains some of the language tricks that Shakespeare used when writing Romeo and Juliet, and it provides an example of each trick from Friar Lawrence’s opening speech, 2.3.1-22.! ! Shakespeare’s Trick Example from the text Explanation Personification “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night” Only people can smile Metaphor “Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light” Compares the pattern of light in the sky to checkers Simile “And fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels” Compares the darkness using “like” or “as” Classical allusions “From forth day’s path and Titan’s fiery wheels” Refers to Greek mythology Reversed word “upfill" Switch the order of the compound word Reversed thought “The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb; / What is her burying grave, that is her womb Answers the question, then asks the question Reversed sentence construction "And from her womb children of diverse kind / We sucking on her natural bosom find. Object—Subject—Verb! (In modern English, it’s Subject—Verb—Object) ! ! ! YOUR TURN! Create your own examples of Shakespeare’s Tricks.! Shakespeare’s Trick Personification Metaphor Simile Classical allusions Reversed word Reversed thought Reversed sentence construction Example from the text
