Intro to shakespere

Question 1

Thou

Answer 1

You

Question 2

Thine

Answer 2

Your

Question 3

Hither

Answer 3

Here

Question 4

Thither

Answer 4

There

Question 5

Soliloquy

Answer 5

A speech given by a character alone on stage

Question 6

Monolouge

Answer 6

A long speech

Question 7

Aside

Answer 7

A remark made on stage that other characters cannot hear

Question 8

Tragedy

Answer 8

A play that ends in a catastropy

Question 9

Sonnet

Answer 9

a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg

Question 10

Stage directions

Answer 10

cues in the text of a play that help actors to plan their actions

Question 11

Comic relief

Answer 11

a humorous scene in a play that helps to relieve some of its intensity

Question 12

Wherefore

Answer 12

Why?

Question 13

Foil

Answer 13

a character whose personality and attitude are opposite of another character

Question 14

Foreshadowing

Answer 14

a hint about something that will happen later in the story

Question 15

Couplet

Answer 15

A pair of ryhmed lines in poetry

Question 16

Iambic pentameter

Answer 16

a 10 syllable line of poetry with a pattern of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables: ta TUM! ta TUM! ta TUM!

Question 17

Dialouge

Answer 17

Conversation between two or more characters

Question 18

The Globe

Answer 18

the theater where Shakespeare performed most of his plays

Question 19

Saucy

Answer 19

sassy, fresh