Shakespeare Words

"Thou" means...

• to hope (“Pray tell” - “Please tell”)

• to shout to someone as a way of attracting their attention

• soon; shortly

• you

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

"Methink'st" means...

• "I think that..."

• "We think that..."

• "I'm not sure"

• "I disagree"

"Wherefore art thou Romeo" means...

• Where are you Romeo?

• Why are you Romeo?

• Where did you go, Romeo?

• Why did you disappear, Romeo?

Fill in the blank: "From __________ did that man come?"

• Whereupon

• Whence

• Wherever

• Anon

Shakespeare invented over 1,500 words that we still use today.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

General Trivia: Your reading says that HUNDREDS of words/phrases were invented or made popular by Shakespeare. Which do you think is NOT a word/phrase we (believe) is invented by Shakespeare?

• Knock, knock... who's there?

• Eyeball

• Fashionable

• Borrowed

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Shakespeare is famous for writing...

• poems and plays

• books

• books and poems

• plays

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

Shakespeare was a ____ author, producing many poems and plays.

• exonerate

• superfluous

• abundant

• prolific

"Ere" means...

• error

• hurry

• Before (time)

• soon; shortly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Why dost ________ lead these men about the streets?

• thou

• forswear

• marry