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“She was a vixen when she went to school” is an example of:
Synecdoche
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
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A figure of speech containing two seemingly contradictory expressions is known as:
An oxymoron
A trope
An opposition
A contrariness
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When vowel sounds are repeated, we call this:
Assonance
Vowelism
Repetition
Alliteration
4
Which character is NOT in "Twelfth Night"?
Fabian
Theseus
Feste
Curio
5
What is the correct order of the Bloom's taxonomy of knowledge?
Peace, love and unity
Identify, evaluate, explain and analyse
Identify, explain, analyse and evaluate
Evaluate, understand and synthesise
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What does “dialogue” mean?
Where a word or phrase has multiple meanings
A speech made just as a character dies
A verbal interaction between two or more characters
When a character speaks their inner thoughts aloud
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Social hierarchy was very important in Shakespeare’s time. Who is highest ranking?
Prince
Tradesman
Lord
Gentleman
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Which situation is the example of patriarchy?
Two rivals for a lover’s affection
A mother’s love for their child
A group of friends putting on a play
A father deciding his daughter’s husband
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Hyperbole is:
A blend of two common figures of speech
Where the tempo of a poem increases exponentially
A figure of speech that involves exaggeration
A nonsense word or phrase
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What form does the text of “Twelfth Night" take?
Comedy
Novel
Tragedy
Poem
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Metre refers to:
The number of lines of dialogue on each page
The pattern of the rhyme in a scene
The length of the scene
The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the play
12
“Bang”, “Crunch” and “Hiss” are all examples of:
Alliteration
Metaphor
Adjectives
Onomatopoeia
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Which is the correct statement?
A scene is made of multiple acts
All the acts in the play have three scenes
A scene takes place in one location
Act one is always the most exciting
14
A repeated “s” sound:
Hissing
Assonance
Sibilance
Alliteration
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Which of these is an example of a simile?
Jeff jogs in a jumpy manner.
To you your father should be as a god.
He is a pig when he eats at a buffet.
She was a vixen when she went to school.
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Which famous lines belong to the 'Lord of The Flies'
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.”
“Double, double toil and trouble;”
'Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in"
“Beware the Jabberwock my son!”
17
When a character is alone on stage and seemingly speaks to themselves, this is called a:
Soliloquy
Solo
Individual speech
Aside
18
Many of Shakespeare’s audience members believed in a hierarchy for all living and non-living things. This was called:
The Great Chain of Being
Divine Providence
The Natural Way of All Things
The Order of the Phoenix
19
A strong desire to achieve a goal is known as:
Greed
Ambition
Patriarchy
Lust
20
In Shakespeare’s time, who played the female characters?
Young boys
Women
Men
Aristocratic women
21
How many acts is a Shakespeare play divided into?
Two
Three
Five
Four
22
Familial love is:
The bond between boyfriend and girlfriend
The bond between parents and children
The love of a sports team
Having a favourite family e.g. the Kardashian family
23
Which of the following is an example of personification:
I think mice are rather nice
He is as tall as a tree
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times
The tree’s branches grasped at the clouds as they passed by
24
A repeated consonant sound:
Rhyme
Alliteration
Repetition
Assonance
25
What is the name when two words in the same line rhyme?
Dual rhyme
A paired line
Internal rhyme
Rhymed lines
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Connotations are:
Notes added into the margin of a poem
Essays written about poems
Ideas that are linked to a word, beyond its obvious meaning
The poetic term for a hyphen
27
Rhyme is:
Ideas or feelings created by a word
Similar sounding words, often at the end of a line
The flow of words in a poem
A childish form of poetry
28
What are stage directions used for?
To tell actors how to deliver a line
To help an audience find the theatre
To help actors find the stage
To indicate entrances and exits
29
How do Shakespearean comedies usually end?
With a marriage or proposal
With a death
With a group hug
With a dance off
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The atmosphere created within a piece of poetry is:
Tone
Attitude
Mood
Feeling
