UNRAVELING SHAKESPEARE

POINTERS

• Reorganize!
• Shakespearean words
• Inversion
• Vocabulary
• Quiz

Shakespeare creates sentences that we are not accustomed to hearing. This is known as 'Inversion' and is used for dramatic effects. Here are two examples:

1. Ate the sandwhich I.


2. Throw the bowl I did.

These sentences may sound weird but they still contain a subject, verb and object; so they are grammatically correct.

Many people believe that Shakespeare's vocabulary was somewhere between 25,000 and 29,000 words and that he introduced 3,000 to the English language.

SHAKESPEAREAN

• 'Tis = it is
• Ope = open
• O'er = over
• Gi' = give
• Ne'er = never

SHAKESPEAREAN(CONT.)

• I' = in
• E'er = ever
• Oft = often
• A' = he
• E'en = even

Deciphering
To reorganize a Shakespearean sentence to your liking, you must locate the verb, object and subject of the sentence you would like to change. After you have located them, you may rearrange the sentence formation that suits you the most.

QUIZ TIME!!!

CITES

• http://m.wikihow.com/Understand-and-Perform-Shakespeare
• http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/guide/
• http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/jgarret/417/Reading-Shakespeare.pdf