Understanding Shakespearean Characters

Understanding Shakespearean Characters

Assessment

Interactive Video

English, Performing Arts

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Emma Peterson

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The video tutorial discusses the importance of making Shakespearean characters believable to the audience. It highlights a sentence construction error where 'they' ambiguously refers to either the audience or the actors. The tutorial identifies the error in part C and suggests replacing 'they' with 'the actors' to clarify that the actors must come across as real people on stage. The correction is finalized by emphasizing the use of singular terms for clarity.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important for Shakespearean characters to appear as real people on stage?

To confuse the audience

To make the play shorter

To engage and convince the audience

To make the audience laugh

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the narrator emphasize about the actors' portrayal?

They should appear as real people

They should be silent

They should be funny

They should be mysterious

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main issue with the pronoun 'they' in the sentence discussed?

It is too casual

It is unclear whether it refers to the audience or the actors

It is grammatically incorrect

It is too formal

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What change does the narrator suggest to clarify the sentence?

Replace 'they' with 'the actors'

Replace 'they' with 'the audience'

Remove 'they' entirely

Add more pronouns

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the effect of using 'the actors' instead of 'they'?

It changes the meaning entirely

It makes the sentence more confusing

It clarifies who needs to come across as real

It makes the sentence longer

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to use singular terms like 'a Shakespearean character'?

To make it sound more dramatic

To make the sentence longer

To maintain clarity and focus

To confuse the reader

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the narrator suggest about the use of 'a Shakespearean character'?

It should be omitted

It should be plural

It should be replaced with 'the audience'

It should be singular for clarity

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What part of the sentence does the narrator identify as having an error?

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the narrator's final conclusion about the sentence?

There is no error

The error is in part A

The error is in part C

The error is in part D