Shakespeare, Dogberry, and Malapropisms
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9th - 12th Grade
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Emily Seiser
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Shakespeare, Dogberry, and Malapropisms
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Poll
How are you feeling about Much Ado About Nothing so far?
I am very confused.
I am confident about some things, but I am confused about a lot.
I am mostly confident. There are a few things I am confused about.
I am feeling very confident!
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Multiple Choice
Who is Dogberry?
The governor of Messina
Hero's husband
The town constable
A friend of Don John
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Multiple Choice
What is a malapropism?
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Something that is the opposite of what is expected
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word
A comparison not using like or as
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Let us obey you to go with us.
Adieu, be vigitant, I beseech you.
Act 3 Scene 3
Comparisons are odorous.
It shall be suffigance.
Only the learned writer to set down our excommunication and meet me at the jail.
Act 3 Scene 5
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Open Ended
Only the learned writer to set down our excommunication and meet me at the jail.
What does the underlined word mean? What word does Dogberry actually mean?
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Truly, by your office you may, but I think they that touch pitch will be defiled. The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.
Dogberry's Confusing Orders
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Open Ended
Why do you think Shakespeare included Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing?
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