Grade 9 English - Shakespeare Flashcards
Act?
basically a chapter so a sequence of incidents
Scene?
a certain incident within an act of a play
Line?
a type of dialogue that consists of 5 poetic feet with each foot being 2 syllables
Citation?
a way to site a play
How do you cite a play?
(Act,Scene, line) first 2 are in big than small numeral numbers
Climax?
The point at which the rising action begins falling towards a resolution
Where is the climax within a play usually located?
Act 3
Obsolete Words?
Words that were once common to the English language but are now out of general use
Archaic Words?
Words that were once common to the English language but are now considered old-fashioned and rarely used
Verse?
A formal way of speech from a character that is usually attributed to a character of a higher standing (typically rhymes)
Prose?
A non-formal way of speech from a character that is usually attributed to a character of lower standing
Rhyming Couplet?
Two consecutive rhyming lines often used to signal the end of a scene or section of action
What are the 3 options to showing the significance of a Shakespeare quote?
- Literary Analysis
- Character or Plot Development
- Thematic Development
Literary Analysis?
Your looking for the figurative language within the quote
Character or Plot Development?
Your looking for any signs of the quote showing a part with development towards the plot of the play or a certain character
