Elements of Drama
What is Dramatic Irony?
What is personification?
something that is not person is spoken of as if it were human.
Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon
What was Shakespeare's nickname?
The Bard
What is an "iamb"?
One unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (goodBYE).
What was the name of the theater Shakespeare helped build?
Globe
What is a Comedy?
A type of drama that is that is amusing and satirical in its tone.
What is an oxymoron?
combines two words of contrasting meanings to convey a single thought or idea.
bittersweet
Queen Elizabeth I and King James I
Iambic pentameter consists of how many metric feet per line?
Five
What was the name of Shakespeare's company of actors?
Lord Chamberlain's Men
What is a tragedy?
a type of drama in which the characters experience reversal of fortune; especially bad for the hero.
What is hyperbole?
an exaggeration
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!
In what part of England did Shakespeare live?
Stratford-upon-Avon
What is the typical rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?
ababcdcdefefgg
In what section of the theater were the nobility (rich) placed?
Three tiers of galleries overlooking the stage
What is a character foil?
a character that sharply contrasting another; opposites.
What is a pun?
A play on the multiple meanings of words for a joke
How do turtles talk to each other?
By using shell phones.
What is the name of the church in which Shakespeare is buried?
Holy Trinity
How many lines of poetry are in are in a sonnet?
14 lines of iambic pentameter
Who condemned the plays/theater?
The protestants.
True or False?
A soliloquy and an aside are the same thing?
False
A soliloquy a long speech that reveals a character’s true thoughts or feelings, but an aside is very short speech.
What is a paradox?
a statement that might seem to contradict itself but is nevertheless true
less is more
Shakespeare was three things during his career. Name the three things..... (Hint: one is a poet)
Playwright, poet and actor
Name the three reasons Shakespeare used iambic pentameter.
Easy for his actors to memorize
Easy for his audience to understand
mirrors the rhythm of a heartbeat.
How was the Globe theater destroyed?
By a fire set off by a cannon during a performance of Henry VIII.