Englsih II - Shakespeare Introduction

Englsih II - Shakespeare Introduction

February 1, 2020

IT'S A SNOW DAY!

Open Ended

There is snow outside. What do you plan to do with it?

Agenda

• Objective

• Shakespeare Pre-TEST

• Shakespeare Background Power Point

Open Ended

What did you learn about Shakespeare today?

Objective

Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.

SL 9-10.2

Multiple Choice

When was Shakespeare born?

• in the early 20th century (1900's)

• in the late 14th century (1300's)

• in the late 16th century (1500's)

• in the late 15th century (1400's)

Multiple Choice

What is rhyme scheme?

• Lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme
• a type of sonnet
• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry
• The pattern of the repetition of sounds at the end of lines

Multiple Choice

What is meter? 

• the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry
• a rhyme scheme
• a play on words
• a special type of metaphor

Multiple Choice

Lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme; most of Romeo & Juliet is written in this format.

• free verse
• blank verse
• sonnet
• haiku

Multiple Choice

What is this --> a speech a character gives when the character is alone (or believes they are alone), in which the audience learns the character’s thoughts?

• a monologue
• a soliloquy
• an aside
• comic relief

Multiple Choice

What is a prologue?

• a record of events in a story
• a preview of the story line or themes in a play
• a portion of a play that tells the audience what happens after the action ends
• a chorus

Multiple Choice

What is a character whose personality or actions is/are in striking contrast to those of another character?

• a protagonist
• an antagonist
• a foil
• a chorus

Multiple Choice

What is a character whose personality or actions is/are in striking contrast to those of another character?

• a protagonist
• an antagonist
• a foil
• a chorus

Multiple Choice

What kind of irony is this: The audience knows something important that one or more of the characters does not know?

• dramatic
• situational
• normal
• verbal

Multiple Choice

  In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dobby has killed someone and he replies, “Dobby never meant to kill, only to maim...or seriously injure" what is that called? 

• an allusion
• an aside
• a monologue
• comic relief

Multiple Choice

In a Shakespearean play, what is a chorus? 

• a character speaking the prologue and epilogue in a play and serving to comment on events
• a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse
• the main character 
• a large organized group of singers

Multiple Choice

What term does this describe: A character’s lines that are spoken on-stage, but no other characters are meant to hear - only the audience knows the information!

• allusion
• aside
• soliloquy
• conflict

Multiple Choice

What is an allusion?

• a play on words
• a comparison of two similar items
• a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses
• reference to a well-known literary work, piece of art, or music – or religion/belief system

Multiple Choice

What is a word or phrase that Shakespeare invented? 

• eyeball
• fashionable
• cold-blooded
• ALL OF THESE

Multiple Choice

How did Shakespeare spell his name? 

• William Shakespeare
• W.S.
• Billy Bob Shakes
• Many different ways, but not the way we spell it today!

Multiple Choice

What did the Globe probably smell like?

• body odor and other smelly things
• delicious foods
• oranges
• sawdust

Multiple Choice

Who probably played the role of Juliet in Elizabethan times?

• William Shakespeare

• Juliet

• a variety of female actors

• a boy

Multiple Choice

 What is this an example of? 

For never was a story more of woe, 
Than this of Juliet, and her Romeo.

• an iamb
• a pun
• a couplet
• a sonnet

Multiple Choice

What is a stanza?

• A group of lines in a poem
• A line in a poem
• A chorus
• A pattern of rhythm

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of?

• a pun
• an aside
• an oxymoron
• a metaphor