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Some important vocabulary for starting to study Shakespeare.
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The introductory words of the play before the first scene is called...
Monologue
Prologue
All of the above
Epilogue
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A sonnet is...
A one-stanza, 6-line poem, written in iambic pentameter
A love poem
A one-stanza, 14-line poem, written in iambic pentameter
A three-stanza, 16-line poem, written in iambic pentameter
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What are some examples of wordplay?
Jokes
Banter
Puns and Sexual Innuendo
All of the above
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The action of the play shifts between various locations. This is called...
Fluid Acting
Fluidity Actioning
Fourth Acting
Fluid Action
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Unrhymed, conversational language that is not poetry
Prose
Literary sameness
Blank verse
Conversation
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The concluding speech which follows the last scene of the play.
Monologue
Epilogue
Prologue
Blank Verse
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What is blank verse?
Two characters who verse each other in a poetry war
Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter
A verse of blank page before characters begin speaking
Rhyming couplets that sound like songs
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What is a soliloquy?
A flowery, overblown type of love
Speeches where a character makes a long speech
The name of a character in Macbeth
Speeches in which characters think out loud, alone on stage
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A
monologue
is a long speech or poem spoken by one character in conversation.
True
False
10
This occurs when there is a difference between what is known by the audience and what is known by the characters.
Dramatic Irony
Poetic Fate
Ironic Drama
Soliloquy
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Overblown, irrational and flowery type of love is called...
Romantic Love
True Love
Friendship
Agape Love
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Iambic Pentameter consists of...
10 syllables/5 beats per line
5 syllables/10 beats per line
5 syllables/5 beats per line
10 syllables/10 beats per line
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Two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.
Prose
Rhyming Couplet
Iambic Pentameter
Blank Verse
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An 'aside' is when a character moves aside to let another character speak. True or false?
True
False
