Literature Terms - Shakespeare

Match the following types of irony:

• Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not

• Verbal Irony

• Occurs when a character says something but means the opposite

• Dramatic Irony

• Occurs when the outcome of a situation is different from what was expected

• Situational Irony

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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

Match the following types of speeches:

• Conversation among characters

• Monologue

• Given so other characters don't hear it

• Dialogue

• Given by one character alone on stage

• Aside

• Long speech spoken in front of others

• 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

Label the 5-act play plot diagram:

a

b

c

d

e

f

catastrophe

climax

inciting force

rising action

exposition

falling action

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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

Which of these characteristics fits the definition of a tragic hero?

Groups:

(a) Tragic Heros

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(b) Not Tragic Heros

• Have a serious weakness that leads to a downfall

• Are important in their society

• Are nobility

• Are common people

• Have no weaknesses

• Are blessed by fate

• Seem to have fate working against them

• Are not important in their society

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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 ​ (a)   is a story performed on stage by actors who take various parts and follow ​ (b)   which tell them how to move and speak.

• drama
• stage directions
• comedy
• situational irony

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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

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Shakespearean Sonnets

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(b) Other Poetry

• Any number of lines

• 14 lines

• Any number of stanzas

• Can rhyme or not rhyme, whatever!

• Has an abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme

• Ends in a couplet

• 3 four-line stanzas

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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

A character whose traits are in sharp contrast with the traits of another character is called a

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A ​ (a)   usually experiences a downfall because of his or her ​ (b)   .

• tragic hero
• fatal flaw
• comic relief
• tragedy
• 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 humorous scene that relieves the emotional intensity of a story is called:

• comedy

• verbal irony

• comic relief

• dialogue

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

A brief mention of Abraham Lincoln or Taylor Swift in a work would be an example of a(n) ​ (a)   , which is when an author name drops someone or something the audience is expected to recognize.

• allusion
• pun
• verbal irony
• stage direction

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4