Terms

Question 0

Iambic pentameter

Answer 0

A line of verse that has five iambs (unstressed syllable followed by one stressed)

Question 1

Bard

Answer 1

Shakespeare’s nickname meaning poet

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

repeated pattern of movement or sound

Question 3

Meter

Answer 3

The rhythm of a piece of poetry determined by the number and length of feet in a line.

Question 4

Couplet

Answer 4

Two lined poem, joined by a rhyme.

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Enjambment

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the continuation of a sentence without a pause

Question 6

Shakespeare’s two theater groups

Answer 6

• King’s men

- Lord chamberlain’s men

Question 7

Groundling/ Penny Knave

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The people who payed a penny to get into the plays

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action, not literal

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Simile

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figure of speech, comparison of one thing to another of a different kind, using and or like

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Figurative Language

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Not taken literally, metaphorical language, compare two things that aren’t seemingly alike

Question 11

Sonnet

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14 lined poem, 10 syllables a line, rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG

Question 12

The Rose

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Shakespeare’s original theatre

Question 13

Aside

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a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience, but unheard by the others in the play.

Question 14

Soliloquy

Answer 14

an act of speaking ones thought to ones self

Question 15

Blank verse

Answer 15

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 16

a metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break

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End-stopped line

Question 17

repetition of syllables

Answer 17

rhyme