Characters
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Drama Terms
Misc.
100
A great traveler who has had many husbands
What is the Wife of Bath
100
to grow
What is accrue
100
A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, etc.
What is an allusion?
100
When a character is all alone on the stage and gives a long speech to let the audience know what he or she is thinking.
What is a soliloquy?
100
The second idea introduced into a sonnet, usually signified by a change in rhyme sceme
What is the Volta?
200
the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury
What is Thomas a'Beckett
200
quiety
What is sedately
200
The series of related events in a story or play. The story line.
What is the Plot?
200
When a character in the play speaks to the audience or another character and most of the characters on the stage are not supposed to hear the remark.
What is an aside?
200
The name of Shakespeare's acting company
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
300
has a nasty, oozing ulcer on his leg
What is the Cook
300
current politician
What is the incumbent
300
A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
300
When one character gives a speech to others who hear the dialogue but do not speak
What is a monologue?
300
Duncan's sons leave the country because
What is "they fear for their lives?"
400
the lusty lover who gets little sleep at night
What is The Squire
400
cleverly
What is ingeniously
400
The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work; the central idea.
What is the theme?
400
Refers to a situation in which the audience is aware of a major plot element and the characters on the stage are not
What is Dramatic Irony?
400
What the Host proposes (Canterbury Tales) to the group of pilgrims to make the trip seem short
What is that each pilgrim tell 2 tales there and 2 tales back
500
a member of the guild
What is the Haberdasher
500
left in shock
What is aghast
500
An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different.
What is a conceit?
500
When characters are speaking to one another it is called
What is Dialogue?
500
Gawain's reference to Adam and Eve to show the power of women over men is called
What is an Allusion?
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