Shakespeare's Language (1564-1616)

Question 1

During Elizabethan times, eloquence was cultivated as…

Answer 1

An educational discipline and a literary standard

Question 2

During Elizabethan times, speech was considered a measure of…

Answer 2

A person’s power

Question 3

What was the ideal of Elizabethan English?

Answer 3

Copiousness of language

Question 4

Copiousness means…

Answer 4

Abundance

Question 5

A clever or witty saying

Answer 5

Quip

Question 6

A play on words, suggesting two meanings of words that have the same sound

Answer 6

Pun

Question 7

Two words with different meanings, but the same sound

Answer 7

Homonyms

Question 8

Pane and pain

Answer 8

Homonyms

Question 9

Cole and coal

Answer 9

Homonyms

Question 10

Pair and pare (and pear)

Answer 10

Homonyms

Question 11

A word capable of two interpretations one of which has a sexual connotation

Answer 11

Double Entendre

Question 12

A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

Answer 12

Idiom

Question 13

Open up a can of worms

Answer 13

Idiom

Question 14

It’s raining cats and dogs

Answer 14

Idiom

Question 15

Name 3 words Shakespeare introduced to the English language

Answer 15

Assassination, Courtship, and Dwindle

Question 16

Shakespeare invented new…

Answer 16

Metaphors and Syntax

Question 17

Shakespeare used ______ words and made them common.

Answer 17

Slang