Shakespeare or Rap

Shakespeare says the subject will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?

• People will read about her in his poems

• She will die and go to heaven

• She will fall out of line

• People will know her because of her beauty

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade"?

• The friend will live in heaven.

• The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying.

• The sonnet will immortalize the friend.

• Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The couplet in a Shakespearean Sonnet is there to

• explain the main theme and summarize the sonnet 

• extended the poem's metaphor

• provide a twist or conflict

• leave the reader with a lasting image

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

• Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

• Tupac's "Depth's of Solitude"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

• Shakespeare's Hamlet

• Tupac's "Dear Mama"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

 "Cowards die many times before their deaths."

• William Shakespeare

• Tupac Shakur

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

That’s an ill phrase.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"If music be the food of love, play on."

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I’ll teach you how to flow."

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."

• William Shakespeare

• Tupac Shakur

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3