Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk
by Jane Sutcliffe Author
(From Amazon): When Jane Sutcliffe sets out to write a book about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, in her own words, she runs into a problem: Will's words keep popping up all over the place! What's an author to do? After all, Will is responsible for such familiar phrases as "what's done is done" and "too much of a good thing." He even helped turn "household words" into household words. But, Jane embraces her dilemma, writing about Shakespeare, his plays, and his famous phrases with glee. After all, what better words are there to use to write about the greatest writer in the English language than his very own? As readers will discover, "the long and the short of it" is this: Will changed the English language forever. Backmatter includes an author’s note, a bibliography, and a timeline.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781580896382
- Print Status
- In Print
- Shakespeare's Words
- 30
- Pages
- 40
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
- Copyright
- 2016
Shakespeare's Words
- 1 Henry VIII, Act 3, Scene 1 "For Goodness' Sake"
- 2 Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 2 "What's Done is Done"
- 3 As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1 "Too Much of a Good Thing"
- 4 Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 1 "Outbreak"
- 5 Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 4 "Excitement"
- 6 The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 1 "of a Sudden"
- 7 Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 4 "Wild-Goose Chase"
- 8 Timon of Athens, Act 5, Scene 1 "Fashionable"
- 9 Love's Labour's Lost, Act 2, Scene 1 "Money's Worth"
- 10 The Comedy of Errors, Act 5, Scene 1 "Hurry"
- 11 The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 3 "with Bated Breath"
- 12 Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 2 "A Sorry Sight"
- 13 Henry VI, Part 2, Act 1, Scene 1 "Heart's Content"
- 14 The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 1 "Well Behaved"
- 15 Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4 "Send Someone Packing"
- 16 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 3, Scene 1 "Love Letter"
- 17 Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 2 "Laugh Oneself to Stitches"
- 18 Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 "Foul Play"
- 19 Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5 "Make your Hair Stand on End"
- 20 King John, Act 3, Scene 1 "Cold-Blooded"
- 21 Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4 "Dead as a Doornail"
- 22 As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 "Seen Better Days"
- 23 The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1 "Into Thin Air"
- 24 The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2 "Amazement"
- 25 The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2 "The Short and the Long of it"
- 26 The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene 1 "Not Budge and Inch"
- 27 Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 1 "Eaten out of House and Home"
- 28 Othello, Act 3, Scene 3, "Green-Eyed Monster"
- 29 Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3 "Household Words"
- 30 Timeline
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