Shakespeare Literary Terms

Shakespeare Literary Terms

8th - 12th Grade

21 Qs

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Shakespeare Literary Terms

Shakespeare Literary Terms

Assessment

Quiz

English, Arts

8th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.9-10.4, RL.9-10.4

Standards-aligned

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Drama
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
a story written to be acted for an audience
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Tragedy 
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
character who changes as a result of the story’s events

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Prologue 
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
character who does not change much in the course of a story
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Sonnet 
a group who says things at the same time
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Prose 
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
a combination of contradictory terms
direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Chorus
a group who says things at the same time
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Anachronism 
a story written to be acted for an audience
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter ;each line of poetry contains 5 iambs, or metrical feet, that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period

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