Prompt: How does Shakespeare use figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, imagery) in both Sonnet 18 and Act 2, Scene 2 (The Balcony Scene) to express ideas about love and beauty?
Checklist:
→ Create a central idea about love and/or beauty that could apply to both Sonnet 18 and the Balcony
Scene
→ Find an example of figurative language in Sonnet 18 that contributes to the central idea you created,
and explain how
→ Find an example of figurative language from the Balcony Scene that contributes to the central idea you
created, and explain how
→ Compare the similarities and differences in both passages
→ Your response should be 2-3 well-developed paragraphs
→ Your response should include a MINIMUM OF TWO pieces of textual evidence (one from each
passage). However, more is always better!

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

motion can be transfered from one object to another by having an objetct in motion push or hit it