Semester Exam Review

figure of speech in which something is exaggerated for emphasis or for a humorous effect

serious play, such as Twelve Angry Men 

Brutus and Cassius are business partners only; they have no close, personal relationship. 

an actor says something short to the audience as the play continues

      In poetry, the end of a line signals the end of a sentence. 

Who said "Cowards die many times before their death/The valiant never taste of death butonce." 

a person, place orobject that represents something beyond itself

a long speech given by an actor; other actors remain on stage 

process of creating or using words that imitate sounds

reference to a well-known person, place, event; a hint

in poems, the character who has his own point of view; not necessarily the poet 

Who said "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." 

poetry that tells a story 

the front area of the stage where an actor would give a soliloquy 

Brutus is killed by Antony during the last battle of the day. 

repetition of beginning consonant sounds. 

Caesar is offered the crown by 

the meter or rhythm of Shakespeare's plays 

absurd situations; exaggerated humor

poetry not written with a regular rhyme or meter 

a noble character falls because of a fatal flaw in his character

Who said "Three parts of him/Is ours already..." 

Shakespeare wrote during the Elizabethan Age.

Who said "You know not what you do. Do not consent/That Antony speak at his funeral." 

Shakespeare was part owner in the Globe Theater. 

a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length 

Caesar is surprised by Brutus's involvement in the conspiracy. 

a songlike poem that tells a story, one often dealing with adventure or romance 

The play Julius Caesar takes place in 44 B.C. 

The Ides of March are March 31. 

Who said "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look./He thinks too much..."

Who said "Yet Brutus says he [Caesar] was ambitious/And Brutus is an honorable man." 

a contrast between appearance and reality; unlikely and unexpected 

   figure of speech which gives human characteristics to an animal, object,or idea. 

      All poems must rhyme. 

Most of the lines in Julius Caesar arewritten in 

Which of the following is not a warning toCaesar

Cassius would like Caesar to rule as king. 

During Shakespeare's time, women's parts were played by men. 

play in which the protagonist usually overcomes the situation; often a happy ending 

actor speaks to the audience to reveal his thoughts 

a four-line stanza 

After Caesar's death, Brutus becomes king. 

a pattern of beats or stresses 

The turning point of a Shakespearean tragedy takes place in the ____ act

In Act I scene i of Julius Caesar, a cobbler makes puns with his friends. 

Caesar is despised by the common people. 

Shakespeare was born in London, England. 

poet's use of words to create mental pictures 

Which is not one of the things that Brutusdisagrees with the other conspirators about? 

Who said Friends,Romans,countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

an eight-line stanza 

Artemidorus tries to warn Caesar of impending danger. 

The leader of Rome after the play is over will be  

a group of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph in prose 

      Poetry is usually more effective when it is heard in addition to being read. 

Antony speaks at the funeral because all of the conspirators are sure he is no longer a threat 

The appearance of Caesar’s ghost shows 

figure of speech that compares one thing to another using the word like or as. 

the poet's attitude toward the subject of his poem 

six lines 

Caesar’s ghost tells Brutus that he will see him in Philippi.