Quiz on Shakespeare, Dramatic Devices, and Parts of Speech

a type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering

• Tragedy

• Tragic Hero

• Verse Drama

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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

a privileged, exalted character, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and/or fate, suffers a fall from a higher station in life into suffering

• Tragedy

• Tragic Hero

• Verse Drama

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

particularly associated with the seriousness of tragedy, providing an artistic reason to write in this form, as well as the practical one that the type of lines in this form lare easier for the actors to memorize exactly.

• Tragedy

• Tragic Hero

• Verse Dramas

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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

poetry written without rhyme; almost always in iambic pentameter

• Blank Verse

• Iambic Pentameter

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

a rhyme scheme in which each sonnet line consists of ten syllables

• Blank Verse

• Iambic Pentameter

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

speech given by a character in a play when the speaker is alone. This is presented to inform the audience or reader of what is happening in the mind of a character and to give information about the action of the play.

• Blank Verse

• Iambic Pentameter

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

a speech made by an actor DIRECTLY TO THE AUDIENCE, but seemingly to himself or herself.  It is always a true reflection of the characters’ thoughts. Its function is to reveal character.

• Aside

• Repetition

• Parallelism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• Aside

• Repetition

• Parallelism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter. This technique adds symmetry, effectiveness, and balance to the written piece.

• Aside

• Repetition

• Parallelism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

in general, a term with a range of meanings, all of them involving some sort of dissimilarity between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant.

• Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Pun

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3