Today, we finished reading Act 1, Scene 2 of The Merchant of Venice.
I also supplied students with additional notes on what punctuation means:
Colon indicates an intellectual shift (often heightened logic).
Semi colon means an emotional shift (think of the semi colon as meaning "furthermore" with a passionate thrust).
Period means permission to leave the scene (a change in direction, either from the topic or the person or both).
Exclamation means more annunciation (vowel stress - impact)
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