Shakespeare's life
Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare's Life
Drama Terms
Drama Terms
100

The name of Shakespeare's Wife.

Who is Anne Hathaway?

100

The name of Shakespeare's father?

Who is John?

100

The year Shakespeare died. 

When is 1616?

100

A play on words for comic effect. 

What is a pun?

100

Descriptive comments within a playwright that provide readers with info about a play. 

What is stage direction?

200

The number of siblings that Shakespeare had.

What is seven?

200

The name of Shakespeare's mother.

Who is Mary Arden?

200

The most popular play Shakespeare wrote in the 1580s. 

What is Romeo and Juliet?

200

A short speech spoken before the play begins. 

What is a prologue?

200

A 14 line poem with rhythmic structure and a rhyme scheme. 

What is a Sonnet?

300

The name of the theatre in London that Shakespeare used. 

What is The Globe Theatre?

300

The age Shakespeare died.

When is 52 years old?

300

The age that Shakespeare married his wife, Anne. 

When is 18 years old?

300

A long speech where the speaker addresses listeners. 

What is a dramatic monologue?

300

A reoccurring object in a piece of literature. 

What is a motif? 

400

The year Shakespeare was born. 

When is 1564?

400

The amount of accredited plays Shakespeare wrote.

What is 37?

400

The amount of children that Shakespeare had. 

What is three children?

400

A four line stanza in a poem with alternate rhymes. 

What is a Quatrain?

400

Two lines of an iambic pentameter that rhyme. 

What is a couplet?

500

The year Shakespeare moved to London. 

When is 1592?

500

Shakespeare's fathers job. 

What is a Glove Maker?

500

The amount of Sonnets that Shakespeare wrote. 

What is 154 Sonnets?

500

Two opposites placed next to each other for poetic effect. 

What is an oxymoron?

500

The measured patterns of rhythmic accents in line. 

What is a meter?

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