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Media Literacy: Analyze Speeches Given in Historical Context

Question 3 • CREDIT RECOVERY - ELA 9 - Summer

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. During the play, one of Shakespeare’s main characters gives a long speech about his innermost thoughts and feelings. Which structure would Shakespeare use for this scenario?

Answer
A
rhymed iambic pentameter
B
blank verse
C
prose
D
stage directions

Explanation

A long speech in which a character reveals innermost thoughts and feelings is a soliloquy. Shakespeare commonly wrote serious characters’ speeches in unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. Rhymed iambic pentameter has end rhymes, while prose is ordinary, nonmetrical speech and stage directions are performance instructions.

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