Whether Shakespeare wrote all his plays or not is hard to say, considering I wasn’t alive, and we have quite minimal information on Shakespeare. I for one, believe that Shakespeare wrote most of his plays by himself, but I find it quite hard to believe he wrote every single one of them on his own. Especially since it is believed that his parents did not know how to read and write, nor did they go to school. So he didn’t have anyone to read over his work at home, or to give him any feed back. Although that may be how he came up with so many words, because his vocabulary at home may have been quite minimal. It is very hard for me to decide whether I think Shakespeare wrote his own plays or not, but I feel since he is so well known, and different. Only one mind could have ever came up with the brilliance of his plays, and that is Shakespeare himself.

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In class we had 2 presenters Kayla and Ian come in. We played many different games, and we learned different facts about Shakespeare. In this picture we were making a comedy tableau, which was one of our activities. We also learned how to understand Shakespeare better. My favourite game that we played was was the “Simon says” game, but it was “Much Ado About Nothing” themed. My favourite part about the presentation was that we were very involved in it. It was not just us watching a play being performed. My least favourite thing was that the whole class was only playing games the whole three days. With no learning really being done. Although i did learn some curse words in Shakespearean language, and that there are 4 genres Shakespeare wrote about. Which are Comedy, Tragedy, Romance, and History. As for learning about the play we really didn’t do much of that, but I do understand that there is two couples, one being a young couple, and one being older. I also know that there is a bad man, trying to break up one of the couples. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” actually means “A Lot of Worrying About Gossip”, and it is a comedy. The presentation really helped me understand Shakespearean language better and it showed me that learning about Shakespeare doesn’t have to be boring.

This ad is an ad for Pepsi Next. It was released in the October of 2012, and the product being sold is the soft drink “Pepsi Next”. The intended audience for this ad is anybody that is able to drink liquid or anybody that has at least a loonie. Possibly even gravitating towards teens or people who don’t have a lot of time in life to just sit down and have a can of Pepsi. You could also argue that this ad is for lazy people that don’t want to do their house work. One of the visual techniques in this ad is the bright blue Pepsi can, and the darker blue background behind it. There is also giant yellow block letters saying “the extra hour”, so they are really trying to push the fact that they will give you an extra hour in your day to just sit down and drink a can of Pepsi. The ad uses logos, because it is claiming to have 60% less sugar, which will make it healthier for you to drink. Therefor you can drink more of it. It also says “real cola taste” meaning that any other drink you drink isn’t the real thing and you can only find it in Pepsi. The persuasive techniques used in this ad were transfer, and bribery. I chose transfer, because they are promoting the fact of 60% less sugar, claiming it is healthier for you, making you feel better about your life choices. I chose bribery, because of the fact that they say that if you buy their drink, they will do your chores for a whole hour. Specifically so you have time to sit down and drink their drink.