Final lesson term 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Monday, October 21st

Programme

- Rounding off Literature reader

- Facultatieve lesweek

- Feedback SE Essay

- Novel assignment #1

- Roadmap SE Literature preparation: choose what you need

Rounding off our Literature reader

Important literary devices:

1. Prose and verse

R&J is mostly written in verse, but prose is also used. Prose is used for more common situations or people (such as the nurse).

* verse = has a set rhythm and structure

* prose = conversational way of speaking (no rhythm)

2. Antithesis (oxymoron)

In Romeo’s ‘Banished’ speech in Act 3 Scene 3, he uses antithesis to describe how it feels to be separated from Juliet. ''Tis torture and not mercy’ (Romeo, 3:3) is just one example. Opposites like light and dark and heaven and hell are used a lot in Romeo and Juliet.

3. Dramatic irony

The audience is aware of the fate of the characters, but the characters are unaware of the implications of the meanings.

The best example can be found in the prologue.

Other examples:

Act 1, scene 4:
Before Romeo meets Juliet at the ball, for example, he says his ‘mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars'.

Act 3 scene 5:

Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

4. Soliloquy 

A monologue that gives an insight into the character's inner feelings. It is delivered when the character is alone on stage.

Romeo:

“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief

That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.”

5. Allegory (and why it's different from metaphor)

An allergory acts as a symbol, usually has a hidden meaning and makes a reference to religion, morality or politics.

Examples:
'For saints have hands that pilgrims hands do touch'
'Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized'

They both refer to...?

6. Blank verse

A type of poetry that does not have a rhyme scheme, but has a regular meter: rhythm!

Usually in iambic pentameter (remember the 10 syllables, 5 stressed ones, similar to the Shakespearean sonnet)

Let's read p. 58/ 59 in your reader for more information about literary devices and important themes and ideas in the play.

Facultatieve lesweek: Expectations

ask your questions - recite sonnet 18 - study & practise

Feedback SE Essay

Feedback SE Essay

- Inhoud (max. 6 punten)

- Grammatica (max. 6 punten)

- Spelling (max. 2 punten)

- Woordenschat (max. 6 punten)

- Coherentie (lay-out/ linking words, max. 2 punten)

'Inhoud' (10 elementen) telt het zwaarst.

Novel assignment

Today's aim: Prepare yourself for the SE Speaking in test week #3 by working on an assignment about your novel.

Choose 1 of 4 assignments to work on. Find all the information you need in Magister Opdrachten!

Finished with your novel assignment? 

Get ready for the SE Literature!

Good luck with your test week preparations!

Join the 'facultatieve' lessons if you like.