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WorksheetsShakespeare Literary Terms
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Drama
a)
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
b)
a story written to be acted for an audience
c)
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
d)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
2.
Tragedy
a)
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
b)
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
c)
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
d)
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
3.
Prologue
a)
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
b)
character who does not change much in the course of a story
c)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
d)
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
4.
Sonnet
a)
a group who says things at the same time
b)
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
c)
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
d)
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
5.
Prose
a)
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
b)
a combination of contradictory terms
c)
direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
d)
Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg
6.
Chorus
a)
a group who says things at the same time
b)
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
c)
“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
d)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
7.
Anachronism
a)
a story written to be acted for an audience
b)
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
c)
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter ;each line of poetry contains 5 iambs, or metrical feet, that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
d)
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
8.
Verbal Irony
a)
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
b)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
c)
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
d)
a speech by one character in a play
9.
Dramatic Irony
a)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
b)
humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
c)
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
d)
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
10.
Monologue
a)
a speech by one character in a play
b)
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
c)
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
d)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
11.
Sililoquy
a)
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
b)
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
c)
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
d)
“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
12.
Foil
a)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
b)
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
c)
a group who says things at the same time
d)
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
13.
Oxymoron
a)
a story written to be acted for an audience
b)
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
c)
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
d)
a combination of contradictory terms
14.
Aside
a)
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
b)
a combination of contradictory terms
c)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
d)
a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
15.
Pun
a)
a speech by one character in a play
b)
a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
c)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
d)
humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
16.
Comic Relief
a)
humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
b)
direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
c)
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
d)
a speech by one character in a play
17.
Static Character
a)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
b)
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
c)
character who does not change much in the course of a story
d)
a group who says things at the same time
18.
Dynamic Character
a)
a story written to be acted for an audience
b)
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
c)
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
d)
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
19.
Blank
a)
“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
b)
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
c)
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
d)
character who does not change much in the course of a story
20.
Verse
a)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
b)
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
c)
a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
d)
a combination of contradictory terms
21.
Couplet
a)
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
b)
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
c)
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
d)
character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
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