Play the role of a teacher who is helping students understand Romeo and Juliet. You'll choose one scene from the play and create 12 to 18 annotations, or explanatory notes, to explain the meanings of words and figurative language and to analyze the poetic structure. Then you'll write one or two paragraphs explaining how Shakespeare's language supports the tone and character development in the scene. This writing assignment will focus on the following skills: Using a dictionary, thesaurus, and etymology dictionary Recognizing and explaining figurative language Analyzing poetic structure Analyzing how language affects meaning​
