Shakespearean Sonnets & Terms

The Shakespearean Sonnet contains (check all that apply):

• iambic pentameter

• three quatrains

• rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg

• prose

• a rotunda

Verse without rhyme yet in iambic pentameter is . . .

• blank verse

• free verse

• prose

• pentameter

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a Shakespearean drama, a/an ___________ is a comment made to the side that only the audience can hear.

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

A reference to something or someone else well known outside of the work being read.

• illusion

• allusion

• foreshadow

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In a Shakespearean drama, a/an _________ is a character talking to oneself alone onstage expressing their innermost thoughts, feelings, opinions, or ambitions.

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A humorous play on words, possibly via homophones.

• pun

• paradox

• parallelism

• parody

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a Shakespearean drama, a/an ___________ is the preliminary events or statements.

• parody

• prologue

• dialogue

• narrative

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In a Shakespearean drama, a/an __________ character is a character who's in extreme contrast from another character; they're opposite personalities.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• fable

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A Shakespearean _____________ is a serious drama with an unhappy ending; typically the main character is destined to do something great but a flaw causes their tragic end.

• comedy

• history

• tragedy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

______________ is a quality, trait, or characteristic of the tragic hero that leads to his or her downfall.

• tragic flaw

• pathetic fallacy

• self-fulfilling prophecy

• tragedy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4