Unit 1 Test Review A Midsummer Night's Dream

True or False? Shakespeare was an actor and a shareholder in his repertory company.

A group of four lines in a poem

The pattern of rhyme employed in a poem.

A reference to another story or work

A play on words by the use of words that are alike in sound but different in meaning.

Two syllables; there are five of these per line in a pentameter poem

A two-syllable foot accented unstressed/stressed marked ( ˘ ΄ ) as in as in saSHAY

A unit of development in poetry, like the prose paragraph

What is the metrical pattern of these lines?

tetrameter is:

This form of irony occurs when the audience possesses knowledge that characters do not

Located in the floor of the stage, for special effects

The words PUP-py and KIT-ty are:

Three quatrains and a couplet follow with a rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.

In Renaissance theater: changing and resting rooms for actors, behind stage

The people who stood in the pit to watch Shakespeare's plays:

Genre of A Midsummer Night's Dream:

Shakespeare’s Acting Company:

Example: For lying so, Hermia, Lysander does not lie.

A two-syllable foot arranged untressed/stressed

The following is an example of:-----“The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry”

What is the metrical pattern of these lines?

The process or act of finding and marking meter and accent in poetry

Writing that is not poetry or verse; composed in sentences and paragraphs

Dialogue in Shakespeare’s plays often mention the time as all plays were performed in the day.

Elizabethan theaters used numerous special effects, such as fire and blood effects.

Blank verse is:

The organization of words’ accents into a pattern.

A work of literature that idealizes a peaceful, happy rural setting

The plays Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest are called:

The most basic unit of measurement in poetry.

A heroic couplet is:

Which is the best definition for soliloquy?

"Set your heart at rest:The fairy land buys not the child of me. His mother was [my] votress"

A synonym for poetry; written in lines and stanzas.

A category of character role in Renaissance theater: the older female parts

Speaker: Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will do any man's heart good to hear me"

Which of the following is NOT a convention of Shakespearean comedy?

Stress or emphasis placed on some syllables over others

The framing device for the play is the upcoming wedding of:

A sonnet is:

Speaker-I am your spaniel...The more you beat me, I will fawn on you/Use me but as your spaniel

A group of actors who perform several works for short periods of time.

What is the metrical pattern and rhyme scheme?

A two-syllable foot accented with strong, equal stress on both syllables like TICK-TOCK

The theater most associated with Shakespeare:

Juxtaposing (placing side by side) a pair of opposite concepts.

A two syllable foot accented stressed/unstressed

Iambic pentameter is:

The area above the stage with rigging for special effects