Shakespearean Terms Set 1

In a Shakespearean drama, a/an _________ is a character talking to oneself alone onstage expressing their innermost thoughts, feelings, opinions, or ambitions.

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

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 on the stage says something to the audience or to other characters (while excluding others). The other actors on the stage pretend they cannot hear them is a:

• Iambic pentameter

• aside

• soliloquy

• down center stage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage.

• subjugate
• suffragist
• soliloquy
• supercilious

Tags

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

What is a monologue?

• A variety of thoughts spoken

• A conversation between 2 charcaters

• A long speech give by a character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Plays are divided into

• scenes

• acts

• stage directions

• asides

Tags

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

acts are divided into

• monologue

• dialogue

• scenes

• stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A character on the stage says something to the audience or to other characters (while excluding others). The other actors on the stage pretend they cannot hear them is a:

• Iambic pentameter

• aside

• soliloquy

• down center stage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

When a main character talks to themselves or the audience. No one conscious is usually on stage with them, and usually this speech is long.

• iambic pentameter

• aside

• soliloquy

• center stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A flaw is an imperfection.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a character's personal flaw that brings about his/her downfall

• hamartia

• hubris

• edict

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3