Reading Shakespeare: Language, Verse and Soliloquy

Categories: English, Key Stage 3
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About Course

A Key Stage 3 English course that makes Shakespeare’s language easier to read and write about. Using short extracts from Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, it covers early modern English, blank verse and prose, imagery, soliloquies and asides, and how to build a strong analytical paragraph.

Tutwoo Kids is an independent learning provider. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education, Ofqual or any exam board. Our certificates celebrate completing a course; they are not qualifications.

What Will You Learn?

  • Decode common early modern English words and word order Recognise iambic pentameter, prose and rhyming couplets and explain why they are used Identify imagery and dramatic techniques such as soliloquy, aside and dramatic irony Write analytical paragraphs about Shakespeare with embedded quotations and context

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Cracking Shakespeare’s English
  • Verse, prose and rhythm
  • Imagery and dramatic techniques
  • Writing about Shakespeare

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