SUM UP FOR THE SPEAKING TEST

What is a common characteristic of the main character in a tragedy?

How does the sonnet conclude?

Who were the performers in Medieval Drama?

Which literary device is used in the line, "Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade"?

How does the speaker describe his mistress’s eyes?

What is the main theme of Sonnet XVIII?

What is the tone of a comedy play ?

Why is Sonnet 130 considered unusual compared to other love poems?

Which of these does the speaker NOT compare his mistress to?

What does the word "Renaissance" literally mean?

What is the main subject of Medieval Drama?

How does the poem end?

What does Shakespeare suggest gives the subject immortality?

What is the term for the emotional release experienced by the audience during a tragedy?

Which intellectual movement was central to the Renaissance?

What was the "Pit" in an Elizabethan Playhouse?

What was the "Great Chain of Being"?

When did the English Renaissance begin?

Where did the first plays originate?

What does Shakespeare compare the subject to in the first line?

When did performances in Elizabethan Playhouses typically take place?

What is a typical ending for a comedy play?

What is the main theme of Sonnet 130?

What are "Morality Plays" designed to do?

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the English Renaissance?