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What is the main point of the text?
Shakespeare's vocabulary is vast and celebrated, but some modern rappers surpass him in the number of words used in their lyrics.
What did Max Müller contrast in terms of vocabulary usage?
Educated individuals and Shakespeare
What conclusion does Matt Daniels draw from his analysis of Shakespeare's vocabulary compared to rappers?
Shakespeare's vocabulary is only impressive due to the sheer size, not necessarily creativity.
What aspect of Shakespeare's works do admirers often celebrate?
The vastness of his vocabulary
How does the text describe the size of Shakespeare's vocabulary compared to some contemporary hip-hop artists?
A good handful of rappers use a greater vocabulary than Shakespeare.
According to Hugh Craig, what was Matt Daniels' observation regarding Shakespeare's vocabulary?
Some modern hip-hop artists have surpassed Shakespeare in terms of vocabulary usage.
What have two separate studies, one in a book on stylistics and one in a Shakespeare journal, shown regarding Shakespeare's vocabulary?
Shakespeare does not have a very large vocabulary compared to his contemporaries.
Why did the myth of Shakespeare's huge vocabulary persist for so long?
His celebrity as an author and the number of his surviving plays contributed to the myth.
Why might using a vast vocabulary not always be beneficial for writers?
Some readers find texts with incessant new words hard to understand.
What does the text suggest is more important for a writer than the sheer size of their vocabulary?
The creative use of words rather than the quantity used.
Which type of writing is provided as an example where using incessant new and different words might be suitable?
Science fiction depicting an unfamiliar world.
What aspect of writing is suggested to be more important than the size of one's vocabulary when creating memorable lines?
The impact and creativity in how words are used.
Test your knowledge on William Shakespeare's vocabulary and its comparison to modern rappers' rhymes. Explore how the size of a writer's vocabulary can influence the quality of their work based on an informational text by Hugh Craig.
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