Play the role of a teacher who is helping students understand Macbeth. You'll choose one scene from the play and create 12 to 18 annotations, or explanatory notes, to explain the meanings of
words and figurative language and to analyze the poetic structure. Then you'll write one or two
paragraphs explaining how Shakespeare's language supports the tone and character
development in the scene.
This writing assignment will focus on the following skills:
Using a dictionary, thesaurus, and etymology dictionary
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Recognizing and explaining figurative language
Analyzing poetic structure
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Analyzing how language affects meaning