
Shakespeare Terms
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English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sililoquy
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Tragedy
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Prologue
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
character who does not change much in the course of a story
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
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sonnet
a group who says things at the same time
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Prose
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
a combination of contradictory terms
direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Anachronism
a story written to be acted for an audience
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
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
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Monologue
a speech by one character in a play
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
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
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
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