Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". Pyramus had left a little later than his Thisbe had, and he could see what surely were the tracks of a wild beast left clearly on deep dust. His face grew ashen. And when he had found the bloodstained shawl, he cried: "Now this same night will see two lovers lose their lives: she was the one more worthy of long life: it's I who bear the guilt for this. Which statement best describes how the order of events creates tension?
Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . Juliet : If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo : Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet : I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo : I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar?
Which sentence includes an example of hyperbole?
Read the poem. Instruments poised, chins high Not a blink, nor a sigh As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band. What is the poem’s rhyme scheme?
Read the sentence. Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple . What best describes the underlined part of the sentence, and why?
Which best defines a sonnet?
Which is an example of a couplet from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”?
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