Literature Terms - Shakespeare

Literature Terms - Shakespeare

9th - 12th Grade

13 Qs

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Literature Terms - Shakespeare

Literature Terms - Shakespeare

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
RL.11-12.3, RL.9-10.10, RL.8.3

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Leilani Carson

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13 questions

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following types of irony:

Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not

Verbal Irony

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

Dramatic Irony

Occurs when a character says something but means the opposite

Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following types of speeches:

Long speech spoken in front of others

Dialogue

Given so other characters don't hear it

Aside

Conversation among characters

Soliloquy

Given by one character alone on stage

Monologue

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

3.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Label the 5-act play plot diagram:

a
b
c
d
e
f

falling action

catastrophe

climax

exposition

rising action

inciting force

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

4.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Groups:

(a) Tragic Heros

,

(b) Not Tragic Heros

Are important in their society

Seem to have fate working against them

Are nobility

Have no weaknesses

Are common people

Are blessed by fate

Have a serious weakness that leads to a downfall

Are not important in their society

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

5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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

6.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Shakespearean Sonnets

,

(b) Other Poetry

Ends in a couplet

Has an abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme

Any number of lines

Can rhyme or not rhyme, whatever!

3 four-line stanzas

Any number of stanzas

14 lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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