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What did Shakespeare use Figurative Language for?

What are stage directions?

Impact on Language-Shakespeare

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1
What are stage directions?
A script
Directions to actors on movements and emotions
A guide for the audience
Directions for the audience on where to sit
2
What did Shakespeare use Figurative Language for?
For fun
To create new styles of figurative language
To seem professional
To Incite meaning and understanding
3
What of these did Shakespeare create?
Sonnet
Simile
Epic Poem
Metaphor
4
What was NOT an effect on language from Shakespeare?
Standarized spelling, grammar, and vocab
Created new genres
Introduced thousnads of new words
Poplularized Knock-Knock jokes
5
Why did Shakespeare tend to turn nouns into verbs?
To keep the momentum in the sentence
To confuse the audience
To add suspense
To make new words
6
What is NOT true about modern language and Shakespeare language?
Modern Language and Shakespearean don't share any words
Modern language is more easliy interpreted
Shakespeare has 24 letters, modern day has 26
Shakespearean was moslty used in plays and poems
7
Are stage directions read out loud?
No
Yes
8
What happened to words used in the Elizabethan Era?
No one understands the meaning
Completely lost to time
Kept the same meaning
Lost/Changed meaning