Monday - May 8th Agenda
- Starter: Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences:
- Does figurative language make literal sense? Why or why not?
- What’s an example of figurative language you can remember off the top of your head?
- Romeo and Juliet
- Starter: Identify the figurative device and write its literal meaning:
- “star-crossed lovers”
- "This precious book of love, this unbound lover, / To beautify him, only lacks a cover"
- Romeo and Juliet
- Act 1, Scene 1-2
- Starter: Write the example, identify the figurative device, and write its literal meaning:
- “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.” - The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
- Romeo and Juliet
- Act 1, Scene 3-5
- Unit Notes Packet
- Starter: Write the example, identify the figurative device, and write its literal meaning:
- “Beliefs must be lived in for a good while, before they accommodate themselves to the soul's wants, and wear loose enough to be comfortable.” - Elsie Venner Sir Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- “Beliefs must be lived in for a good while, before they accommodate themselves to the soul's wants, and wear loose enough to be comfortable.” - Elsie Venner Sir Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Romeo and Juliet
- Act 1, Scene 5
- View/Review
- Starter: Write the example, identify the figurative device, and write its literal meaning:
- “The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.” - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- “The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.” - Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- Romeo and Juliet
- Act 2, Scene 1-2
- Act 2, Scene 1-2