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Shakespeare

Authored by Rebecca Fresina

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Shakespeare uses __ in his plays, which are plays on words or phrases to make jokes

Oxymorons

Tones

Puns

Rice cakes

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An oxymoron is...

a phrase that combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible

A play on words that sounds familiar but different

An ignorant ox

A compliment to other people

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An example of an oxymoron

Elegant ballgown

Sweet sorrow

Warm sunlight

Round basketball

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Iambic pentameter

5 pairs of syllables that follow the beat of the heart

14 lines with a special rhyme scheme

a short poem that sounds like a song

a fancy ruler to measure poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An iamb is...

a syllable pattern that follows the heartbeat-- soft, then heavy

an old word to refer to oneself

a mutated sheep

a syllable pattern of seven beats per minute

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Pentameter means...

a set of sixteen candles

a set of 5 meters/feet

a set of 14 meters in a line

a large building where military weapons are housed

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A sonnet is...

A type of poem with 5 lines and 14 syllables

A type of poem with 14 lines and 10 syllables in each line

A type of song that Queen Elizabeth I used to sing

A mystery... no one knows the meaning of this strange word

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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