Shakespeare "Terms that you need to Know" - stations

What is a reference to another literary work (can be a song, poem, painting, etc.)?

• blank verse

• hyperbole

• allusion

• malapropism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter?

• blank verse

• hyperbole

• allusion

• malapropism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is an over exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally?

• blank verse

• hyperbole

• allusion

• malapropism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is a figure of speech containing words that contradict each other? (Sometimes this is called a contradiction in terms.)

Examples: the same difference, less is more

• blank verse

• hyperbole

• allusion

• malapropism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one (often with unintentionally amusing effect)?

Example: taken for granite (instead of granted); dance a flamingo (instead of flamenco)

• blank verse

• hyperbole

• allusion

• malapropism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a comparison of two things which are not alike?

• aside

• iambic pentameter

• double entendre

• metaphor

• pun

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a joke that is a play on words (different possible meanings of words or words that sound the same but have different meanings)?

Examples: She had a photographic memory but never developed it.

I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me.

• aside

• iambic pentameter

• double entendre

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play?

• aside

• iambic pentameter

• double entendre

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What is a line of verse with five metrical feet, each having a short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable?

• aside

• iambic pentameter

• double entendre

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or idencent?

• aside

• iambic pentameter

• double entendre

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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