Shakespeare

Shakespeare uses __ in his plays, which are plays on words or phrases to make jokes

• Oxymorons

• Tones

• Puns

• Rice cakes

An oxymoron is...

• a phrase that combines two opposite qualities or ideas and therefore seems impossible

• A play on words that sounds familiar but different

• An ignorant ox

• A compliment to other people

An example of an oxymoron

• Elegant ballgown

• Sweet sorrow

• Warm sunlight

• Round basketball

Iambic pentameter

• 5 pairs of syllables that follow the beat of the heart

• 14 lines with a special rhyme scheme

• a short poem that sounds like a song

• a fancy ruler to measure poetry

An iamb is...

• a syllable pattern that follows the heartbeat-- soft, then heavy

• an old word to refer to oneself

• a mutated sheep

• a syllable pattern of seven beats per minute

Pentameter means...

• a set of sixteen candles

• a set of 5 meters/feet

• a set of 14 meters in a line

• a large building where military weapons are housed

A sonnet is...

• A type of poem with 5 lines and 14 syllables

• A type of poem with 14 lines and 10 syllables in each line

• A type of song that Queen Elizabeth I used to sing

• A mystery... no one knows the meaning of this strange word

Shakespeare's first name was....

• Billy

• Billiam

• William

• Albus Wulfric Brian Willie

The time Shakespeare wrote plays is called the Elizabethan era because...

• his wife was Elizabeth and she was extremely famous

• the Queen of England was called Elizabeth and she was a huge Shakespeare fan

• Shakespeare's daughter was named Elizabeth and she grew up to become Queen

• Shakespeare always named his female characters Elizabeth

The name of Shakespeare's theatre is...

• The Square Theatre

• The World Theatre

• The Globe Theatre

• The River Theatre