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ACTIVITY 3.5
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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Read aloud the original and revised lines. Discuss if you agreed on the antecedents and whether the revised lines helped you understand the line’s meaning. Record notes from your discussion.
In my opinion, the antecedent for is .
I used the synonym for the word . The revised lines helped me understand the meaning because .
Present a Modern Paraphrase
After identifying antecedents and synonyms, you have enough information to develop a paraphrase of the first stanza of the monologue. How would you rephrase the first stanza in modern language? Make notes and then write a paraphrase of the first stanza of the monologue using synonyms and modern language. Then give an oral presentation of your paraphrase.
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