Y7 Tier 2 & 3 Vocabulary: Shakespeare

Question 1

Tragicomedy

Answer 1

A play that blends elements of both tragedy and comedy. The remarkable thing about a tragicomedy is that it can make you laugh and cry.

Question 2

Colonialism

Answer 2

When a country or a nation takes control of other lands, regions, or territories and uses resources for their own gain at the expense of indigenous people.

Question 3

Pathos

Answer 3

Pathos is a Greek word meaning ‘suffering’ or ‘experience’, and it is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience - usually pity and sorrow.

Question 4

Dramatic Irony

Answer 4

When the reader/audience of the novel or of the play, knows something that the characters do not.

Question 5

Aside

Answer 5

An actor’s speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters.

Question 6

Tempestuous

Answer 6

Turbulent or stormy: They were tossed through a long winter night on a tempestuous sea, with an icy wind blowing, and with scarce a rag on their backs.

Question 7

Loyalty

Answer 7

Committed and devoted to a friend, vow, or cause. He valued the loyalty of his friends.

Question 8

Vengeance

Answer 8

Injury or damage done to a person in return for injury or damage inflicted by him or her: retribution; revenge; payback.

Question 9

Manipulate

Answer 9

To control or influence something or someone so that you get an advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly: He can manipulate situations mostly to his benefit.

Question 10

Oppress

Answer 10

To treat in a way that is cruel or not fair. Many dictators have oppressed the citizens of their countries.