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Intro to Shakespeare
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(n.) a 4-line stanza
quadret
quatrain
verse
stanza
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(n.) a numbered group of words in a poem
line
paragraph
stanza
verse
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(n.) a long speech by a single actor alone on the stage
monologue
dialogue
soliloquy
trialogue
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(n.) a long speech by a single actor when other actors are on the stage
monologue
dialogue
trialogue
soliloquy
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(n.) a pair of rhyming lines
doublet
duo
couplet
rivet
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the structure of rhythm in poetry (verse)
prose
beat
metre
yard
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(n.) a 14-line poem
refrain
sonnet
couplet
quatrain
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(n.) well-known author (Shakespeare's nickname)
the dawg
the dude
the bill
the bard
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(n.) the theater where shakespeare, part owner, staged his famous plays
the crescent
the pit
the globe
the hill
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(n.) group of actors made up of 12-14 men and boys
posse
company
group
troupe
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(adj.) of the era in which Shakespeare lived
medieval
victorian
elizabethean
middle english
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(n.) introduction to a literary or theatrical work
preface
prologue
appetizer
starter
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(n.) the style of meter (rhythm) used in shakespeare plays
iambic pentameter
double melody
diambic hextameter
triple pentameter
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(n.) when an actor says something "in secret" so that only the audience can hear
aside
glance
gesture
whisper
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(n.) stress pattern: one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllabl
iamb
rythym
couplet
metre