Grammar & Punctuation
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Shakespeare
Misc.
100
The part of speech that indicates location and proximity.
What is a preposition?
100
dangerous, destructive
What is pernicious?
100
gruesome
What is macabre?
100
Unrhymed iambic pentameter (Da-DUM, Da-DUM, Da-DUM, Da-DUM, Da-DUM), no rhyming at the end of lines. First word in lines is capitalized.
What is blank verse?
100
Different order of parts of speech, Words that usually appear together are often separated, and omitted words (words left out in order to match the rhythm—iambic pentameter)
What are three ways that Shakespearean sentences differ from modern English?
200
A clause that can stand on its own, also known as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
200
threatening, foreboding
What is portentous?
200
to move in a leisurely manner
What is pootle
200
First word in lines is capitalized. Lines don’t extend to the edge of the page (hard return). Last word rhymes, often rhymed couplets (aabb).
What is rhymed verse?
200
heavy (sorrowful) envious (malicious)
What are examples of words we still use, but that have different meanings when used by Shakespeare?
300
A clause that can't stand on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
300
to beg or plead with
What is importune?
300
insisting on immediate attention or obedience, in a commanding way
What is peremptory?
300
Shakespearean style that doesn't rhyme and only starts of sentences and proper nouns are capitalized.
What is prose?
300
Upsky and downsky
What are the layers of the sky in Railsea?
400
One way to punctuate two independent clauses.
What is a period and a capital letter? What is a comma + a conjunction? What is a semi-colon?
400
cruel or oppressive
What is tyrannous
400
understood by few, mysterious or secret
What is arcane?
400
A play on words that have more than one meaning. GIVE AN EXAMPLE
What is a pun?
400
Subterranean, flat earth, grundnorm, highlands
What are the layers of the earth in Railsea?
500
Three ways to punctuation two independent clauses.
What is a period and a capital letter? What is a comma + a conjunction? What is a semi-colon?
500
Shakespearean for to observe AND Shakespearean for sweetheart
What is cote and ladybird?
500
resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony AND a spoken curse
What is cadaverous and imprecation?
500
A play on words where an object or idea is expressed as something else. GIVE AN EXAMPLE
What is a metaphor?
500
14 lines of iambic pentameter, with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg
What is a sonnet?
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