1. what kind of prompt is this?

literary analysis

2. what motif do you think you might like to write about?

❏ light versus dark (this one)

❏ high versus low

❏ dream versus sleep (this one

❏ love versus hate (this one)

❏ youth versus age

❏ time

❏ stars (this one)

❏ fate

❏ poison

❏ religious imagery

❏ haste

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3. what are some examples of “patterns or contrasts in language”?
steak and salad, salt and pepper, table and chairs, hero’s,’ and villains

4. what is a central idea of the play?

romantic love, specifically intense passion that springs up at the first sight between the lovers romeo and juliet.

grade 9: romeo and juliet

activity 2: writing a thesis statement

use the template below to write a working thesis statement.

the motif of in the tragedy of romeo and julietis developed by
[motif­­pattern or contrast] [pattern of language]

and to how
[pattern of language] [rhetorically accurate verb]

[thematic statement]

not sure how to answer your question sorry

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen