Shakespeare
TKAM
Language Devices
Poetry
Random Questions
100

Name of the famous theatre where Shakespeare staged many of his works.

Globe Theatre

100

The author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

100

A device in which you compare 2 things using the words "like" or "as"

simile

100

A type of poem with 14 lines. It has a set rhyme scheme and usually ends with a rhyming couplet.

sonnet

100

What do we call the punctuation mark that consists of 3 dots

ellipsis marks

200

The setting of Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet

Verona

200

Scout's surname

Finch

200

A device in which non-human things are given human qualities

personification

200

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of poetry

anaphora

200

Which war was Tennyson writing about in The Charge of the Light Brigade?

Crimean War

300

The director of the film version of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonardo Di Caprio

Baz Luhrmann

300

The place where Scout's family lived

Maycomb

300

Words that sound like the sound they make

onomatopoeia

300

The "turning point" in a sonnet

volta

300

Complete this line from Shakespeare's Sonnet 18:

Shall I compare thee ...

to a summer's day?

400

The name of the priest in Romeo and Juliet

Friar Lawrence

400

Scout's mysterious neighbour who was often blamed for strange happenings

Boo Radley

400

Repetition of a vowel sound

assonance

400

The poet who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

400

Which type of flowers did Mrs Dubose grow in To Kill a Mockingbird?

camellias

500

The boy who poured syrup on his lunch

Walter Cunningham

500

A combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning (eg; organised chaos)

oxymoron

500

The poet who wrote Dulce Et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen

500

Which mythical character does Mercutio rave on about when discussing dreams?

Queen Mab

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