Word+Clouds



=Word Cloud Activity=

How did Shakespeare's audience know how to feel about the characters on the stage? Well, besides the actions and words made by the character, much of the character's personality is developed by how others view him or her.

Shakespeare understood that he could create an image for each of his characters by the words that other characters use to describe this character. For this assignment, choose a main character. Then go back through the play and make a list of twenty words that other characters use to describe this person. Shakespeare characters have identities that are shaped by what OTHERS think of them. Then, you will need to create a word cloud. A word cloud is a collection of words that take on all different sizes and colors. The words create a really great looking collage of words. You have two choices for how you want to create this word cloud.

Option One: Take a sheet of white printing paper and grab some markers. Choose a simple design (a heart, a dagger, a capital letter) and write your list of words in all different colors and sizes inside this design.

Option Two Go to [|WORD CLOUD MACHINE] and type in your list and choose your colors. You won't be able to make a shape, but you can have a lot of fun choosing fonts and sizes.

Extra Credit: Make a word cloud of twenty words you would use to describe yourself. (five extra points)