LEARNING FOR BETTER LIFE shared by TEACHER NEL VERSOZA: SEVEN AGES OF MAN

SEVEN AGES OF MAN
by William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players,

They have their exits and entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

Then, the whining (11) schoolboy with his satchel (12)

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school.

And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace (10), with a woeful ballad (9)

Made to his mistress' eyebrow.

Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard (1),

Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's mouth.

And then the justice (2)

In fair round belly, with good capon (3) lin'd,

With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws (4), and modern instances,

And so he plays his part.

The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon (5),

With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,

His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide,

For his shrunk shank (8), and his big manly voice,

Turning again towards childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound.

Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion (7),

Sans (6) teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

VOCABULARY:

1. leopard

2. judge

3. fattened chicken

4. old sayings

5. silly old man

6. without

7. forgetfulness

8. shortened body

9. unhappy song

10. heater

11. complaining

12. school bag

SEVEN AGES OF MAN

Notebook:
1) Common Devices Chart
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2) How to Read a Poem
- Take Notes w/Prezi
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3) Seven Ages of Man Poem and Annotations
-Read Poem
-Annotate Poem following the directions on the document
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4) 7 Questions about the Seven Ages of Man
-Complete the seven questions using complete sentences.
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5) Know the Lingo
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Unit Vocabulary Words:
1) Simile-Comparing two unlike things using "like," "as," "so," or "than."
2) Metaphor- Comparison of two unlike things, equaling one to the other.
3) Idiom- a common phrase or figure of speech not to be taken literally
4) Personification- giving human qualities/traits to non-human things
5) Hyperbole- exaggeration used to create emphasis and/or evoke strong feelings
6) Rhyme- the repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words.
7) Near/Half Rhyme- the repetition of ending consonant sounds in nearby words; the consonant sounds are the same, but the vowel sounds are different.
8) Allusion- reference to another person, place, event, literary work, etc.
9) Irony- using language that signifies the opposite of its literal meaning
10) Anaphora- the repetition of words at the beginning of a clause
11) Epistrophe- the repetition of words at the ending of a clause
12) Onomatopoeia- words that imitate their sounds
13) Assonance- the repetition of VOWEL sounds
14) Consonance- the repetition of CONSONANT sounds
15) Alliteration- repetition of beginning consonant sounds