Shakespeare's Language Quiz

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  1. 4. One set of syllables—unstressed/stressed u/ is called
  2. 5. What is one reason Shakespeare choose Iambic Pentameter over other forms of poetry?
  3. 10. What is Shakespeare's first name?
  4. 14. Before Shakespeare was a playwright, first he was a?
  5. 16. a literary work that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s). The tragedy is the result of a tragic flaw or weakness in the person’s character
  6. 17. word play; words offer more than one meaning; not always funny
  7. 18. AABBCC
  8. 19. the language form in which we speak and that in which most literature is written.
  9. 21. no rhyme scheme
  10. 23. type of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to a reader’s emotions and imagination
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  1. 1. contrasting statements ex: pretty ugly
  2. 2. comparison in which one thing is said to like or as another
  3. 3. type of poetry that tells a story
  4. 6. a remark made to the audience, unheard by the other characters
  5. 7. What are sonnets associated with?
  6. 8. What character does the video associate with Iambic Pentameter?
  7. 9. One reason why is rhyme used
  8. 11. Poetic Meter
  9. 12. What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
  10. 13. How many lines are in a sonnet?
  11. 15. What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?
  12. 20. a speech given by a character, alone on stage, expressing thoughts/feelings to the audience
  13. 22. a poem of fourteen lines in one of several rhyme schemes.  Shakespearean sonnets are divided into three quatrains and a concluding rhymed couplet