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Shakespeare Metalanguage Revision
Shakespeare Metalanguage Revision
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Revise your knowledge of Shakespeare's poetic and dramatic terms
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1
The Globe burnt down in 1611
False
True
2
Name the following dramatic convention
Allusion
Staging
Setting
Dramatic Irony
3
What genre category does Romeo and Juliet fall into?
Romance
Comedy
History
Tragedy
4
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line is called...
Run-on sentence
Caesura
Irregular rhythm
Enjambment
5
What was the name of the area in The Globe where the common folk would stand?
The Pit
The Gallery
The Pen
The Yard
6
What is the following an example of?
A metaphor
Anaphora
Malapropism
An oxymoron
7
Which of these monarchs was around in Shakespeare's time?
Edward II
Henry VIII
James I
Elizabeth I
8
A sonnet always ends with a...
Bang
Full stop
Couplet
Revelation
9
Which one of these is
not
a Shakespeare play?
Richard III
Charles II
Henry IV
Henry V
10
Figurative language is...
Language that doesn't exclude people
Language that evokes an emotional response in the audience
Language that has literal and symbolic interpretations
Language that describes a person, place or thing
11
Which of these films is
not
a modern retelling of a Shakespeare play?
Ten things I hate about you
Lion King
She's the man
Shrek
12
What is the following an example of?
Caesura
Personification
A simile
Malapropism
13
What is invective language?
A phrase with two contradictory terms
Insulting or abusive language
Two phrases that are reversed
Language that uses symbolism
14
What is a monologue?
When a character shares their innermost thoughts aloud
When a character breaks the '4th wall'
The opening of a play
When a character talks at length, without interruption
15
What is Shakespeare's theatre called that sits on the bank of the Thames?
The Globe
Blackfriars
The Oval
The Garden
16
What is dialogue?
When a character says his/her thoughts aloud
When a character says something to the audience only
When two or more characters have a conversation
The opening text at the beginning of a play
17
Shakespeare used a lot of stage directions in his plays
True
False
18
An indirect or passing reference to person, place, thing or idea significance is known as...
Allusion
Alliteration
Anaphora
Anagram
19
Which one of these is
not
a genre of Shakespearean play?
Comedy
History
Tragedy
Dramady
20
Name the following poetic technique;
Allusion
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
