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Copying Lines from Shakespeare For a Reading Log Remember that Shakespeare writes his plays in blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter. When you copy lines, you must capitalize and punctuate as in the text. You must also show line endings. You must give act. scene. and line numbers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Copying Lines from ShakespeareFor a Reading Log
•Remember that Shakespeare writes his plays in
blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter.
•When you copy lines, you must capitalize and
punctuate as in the text.
•You must also show line endings.
•You must give act. scene. and line numbers.•Do not copy parts of a line that have nothing to do with the reading log.– Wrong: “This supernatural soliciting/ Cannot be
ill, cannot be good. If ill” (1.3.131-32).– Correct: “This supernatural soliciting/ Cannot be
ill, cannot be good” (1.3.131-32).– Wrong: “For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your
fires/ Let not light see my black and deep desires” (1.5.50-51).
– Correct: “Stars, hide your fires/ Let not light see my black and deep desires” (1.5.50-51).
•Be careful counting lines. Because of iambic pentameter, a line can split between speakers but be the same line number. – See 1.5.27; it’s split between Macbeth and
Duncan.