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Name: ___________________________ • Using the Slash in Writing • The slash, also called the virgule, is used in text to represent a line break in poetry or other writings that use specific line breaks, such as headlines. When using a slash in this manner, a space comes before and after the slash. Example: Original text: Romeo notices Juliet at the beginning of the balcony scene by saying, “But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” With a slash: Romeo notices Juliet at the beginning of the balcony scene by saying, “But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” Rewrite each passage below, using a slash to include the lines of the poem. Remember to include quotation marks. 1. Robert Frost reflects on the spirit of individualism and adventure when he wrote: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. In Poe’s “The Raven,” the author uses internal rhymes and alliteration to enhance the rhythm of the poem, as shown by: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. One of the most famous quotations from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is: Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Wordsworth sets the scene of his poem “She Dwelt Among Untrodden Way” with his opening quatrain by saying: She dwelt among th’ untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2014 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. www.k12reader.com Key Name: ___________________________ • Using the Slash in Writing • The slash, also called the virgule, is used in text to represent a line break in poetry or other writings that use specific line breaks, such as headlines. When using a slash in this manner, a space comes before and after the slash. Example: Original text: Romeo notices Juliet at the beginning of the balcony scene by saying, “But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!” With a slash: Romeo notices Juliet at the beginning of the balcony scene by saying, “But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” Rewrite each passage below, using a slash to include the lines of the poem. Remember to include quotation marks. 1. Robert Frost reflects on the spirit of individualism and adventure when he wrote: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost reflects on the spirit of individualism and adventure when he wrote “Two roads diverged in _____________________________________________________________________________________ a wood, and I — / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. In Poe’s “The Raven,” the author uses internal rhymes and alliteration to enhance the rhythm of the poem, as shown by: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. In Poe’s “The Raven,” the author uses internal rhymes and alliteration to enhance the rhythm of the _____________________________________________________________________________________ poem, as shown by “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one _____________________________________________________________________________________ gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. One of the most famous quotations from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is: Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. One of the most famous quotations from Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is “Now is the winter of our _____________________________________________________________________________________ discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York.” _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Wordsworth sets the scene of his poem “She Dwelt Among Untrodden Way” with his opening quatrain by saying: She dwelt among th’ untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove Wordsworth sets the scene of his poem “She Dwelt Among Untrodden Way” in his opening quatrain by _____________________________________________________________________________________ saying “She dwelt among th’ untrodden ways / Beside the springs of Dove.” _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2014 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. www.k12reader.com