Prompt: How does Shakespeare use figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, imagery) in both Sonnet 18 and Act 2, Scene 2 (The Balcony Scene) to express ideas about love and beauty?
Checklist:
→ Create a central idea about love and/or beauty that could apply to both Sonnet 18 and the Balcony
Scene
→ Find an example of figurative language in Sonnet 18 that contributes to the central idea you created,
and explain how
→ Find an example of figurative language from the Balcony Scene that contributes to the central idea you
created, and explain how
→ Compare the similarities and differences in both passages
→ Your response should be 2-3 well-developed paragraphs
→ Your response should include a MINIMUM OF TWO pieces of textual evidence (one from each
passage). However, more is always better!