Shakespeare Unit: Literary Terms TEST

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

clues that lead a reader to draw a certain conclusion

• foreshadowing

• complication

• dramatic irony

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a play on words--twisting the meanings or using multiple-meaning words in other contexts

• oxymoron

• pun

• soliloquy

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays and sonnets

• allusion
• foil
• iambic pentameter
• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are these? 
* Pretty Ugly
* Jumbo Shrimp
* Icy Hot
* Awfully Nice
* Less is More

• puns
• oxymorons
• allusions
• iambs

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Romeo and Juliet is what type of story?

• Tragedy
• Comedy
• Epic Poem
• Long One

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a character's remark that others on stage do not hear-reveals the character's private thoughts

• aside

• allusion

• alliteration

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a drama that results in a catastrophe-most often death for the main characters

• comic relief

• aside

• tragedy

• epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

language that appeals to the senses

• aside

• imagery

• epic

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a remark that a character gives in an undertone to the audience but that everyone on stage is not supposed to hear…

• Aside
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10