Text Worksheet – you can use your own method to mark up and note your text (I recommend highlighters

and pencils over pens), but – whatever your method - make sure it is clear so that I can follow! I will
expect you to have done this on a hard-copy of the scene that you can hand in on Tuesday, so please plan
accordingly!

Annotate the entire cut of your scene with the following:

• Identify any shifts made between verse (writing that conforms to a pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables – in this case, iambic pentameter) and prose (writing that conforms to no
discernable pattern) throughout the scene.

• Identify any shared lines of verse between you and your scene partner.

Annotate your character’s text with the following:

• Circle each piece of punctuation (in both poetry & prose)

• For any instances of your character speaking in verse, annotate the text as we did the O FOR A
MUSE OF FIRE Prologue – mark each line with the number of syllables, and indicate moments
when your character is over or under the 10 syllables.
• Identify any instances of alliteration (clear repetition of similar consonant sounds)
• Identify any instances of assonance (clear repetition of the similar vowel sounds)
• Note abutted consonants with a slash:
For ex: might/quickly Rome’s/slave end/them need/New/York
• Make note of any lists in your text:
For ex: Marry, I would not do such a thing for a joint-ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor
for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition
• Annotate parentheticals:

With Juliet’s text: Now, by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too,

He shall not make me there a joyful bride.

I wonder at this haste; that I must wed

Ere he, that should be husband, comes to woo.

I’ve identified the parenthetical phrases and put them in actual parentheses:

Now, (by Saint Peter's Church and Peter too,)

He shall not make me there a joyful bride.

I wonder (at this haste); that I must wed

Ere he, (that should be husband,) comes to woo.

A good way to know if you’ve done this correctly is to reread the text WITHOUT THE
PARENTHETICAL PHRASES to see if the meaning of the sentence is still clear (it will likely
be clearer!). Give it your best stab, and we will continue to clarify the text when you’re
working your scenes in class.

• Identify instances of antithesis (the opposites in the text that will help you find meaning.)

I like to underline the first word once and underline the corresponding opposite word twice. To
really make things clear, you can also highlight the corresponding words with the same color, so
you know that they are linked. This helps for when there are multiple antitheses in the same
sentence.

For ex: Now is the Winter of our Discontent,

Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke.

For ex: The world's a huge thing: it is a great price for a small vice.