in your reading of twelfth night, you probably noticed that william shakespeare's characters speak a language that is different from
contemporary conversational english. in the table below, rephrase lines from the play into modern wording, changing word choice, sentence
structure, and poetic devices as needed. then describe what is lost in literary richness and what is gained in accessibility.

ichabod crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in washington irving's short story, "the legend of sleepy hollow", first published in 1820. in popular culture, this story is sometimes retitled as "the headless horseman."

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.