WorksheetsLanguage used in Shakespeare's Plays
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Shakespeare's plays used a lot of iambic pentameter
True
False
Iambic Pentameter uses stressed and unstressed syllables
True
False
Shakespeare used iambic pentameter because
It has an enjoyable rhythm
It made it easier to write
It closely resembles the rhythm of everyday speech
It was the most popular way to write during that time
Iambic Pentameter can be identified by looking for
Long sentences
monologues and soliloquy
A line of poetry consisting of 10 syllables following a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Prose can usually be identified because it looks like a block of text
True
False
Prose has
No rhyme of metric scheme
Lots of rhyme and metric scheme
Somewhere in the middle
Prose sounds like everyday language, it has no musical qualities
True
False
Only Shakespeare's lower-class characters spoke in prose
Mostly
Yes
No
Verse in Shakespeare's plays meant that
The lines follow a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that always rhymed
The lines follow a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that didn't necessarily rhyme
Shakespeare wrote in mostly blank verse
True
False
What is blank verse
Large sections of blank space
Text that follows a specific thyme scheme
Text that follows a iambic pentameter but doesn't always rhyme
Shared lines within Shakespeare's plays mean that
Two people are talking about something insignificant
Two people share a connection and are thinking on the 'same lines'
Two people are always arguing
Dramatic irony means
The same thing as juxtaposition
A character's words or actions are clear to the audience but unknown to the character speaking them
A character is unaware of foreshadowing but the audience is
Shakespeare used sonnets within his plays
True
False
A sonnet can be identified by
A poem of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme
A poem of 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter with a regular rhyme scheme
A poem of 20 lines, written in iambic pentameter with a regular rhyme scheme
Antithesis is a literary techniques used to
Identify the upper-class and lower-class in Shakespearean plays
Introduce foreshadowing
Compare two opposites put together for an effect
In Shakespeare's plays a couplet is only used at the end of a sonnet
True
False
Within a play, the purpose of a couplet is to
End dialogue with rhyme and deep meaning
Lead a piece of dialogue into another
Link with an example of irony
What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?
Not much, a monologue is usually longer than a soliloquy
A monologue is when the actor speaks his thoughts and everyone is aware of what he is saying, a soliloquy is when a character speaks his personal thoughts out loud
A soliloquy is when the actor speaks his thoughts and everyone is aware of what he is saying, a monologue is when a character speaks his personal thoughts out loud
