Shakespeare
What is shakespears life status?
Dead
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses symbolism. It compares two things that aren't similar and proves they actually have something in common.
What is Shakespearean sonnet structure?
three quatrains and a couplet
What was Shakesphears relationship status?
Married
What is personification?
It is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or that isn't even alive
”The river swallowed the earth as the water continued to rise higher and higher”
What is Shakespearean rhyme scheme?
abab, cdcd, efef, gg
can you name a year that shakespeare was alive?
1564-1616
What is simlies?
comparison, often used: ”as” and ”like” ”You are like a rose”
What is iambic parameter?
Iambic meter is style of poetic verse in which every other beat—or syllable—is stressed.
How many plays have shakespear written?(-+5)
39
What is tenor and vehicles?
vehicles = the thing that describes (the image) Tenor =the thing that Is being described (the concept, object or person)
What is a couplet?
A couplet is a unit of verse composed of two lines. A couplet may be rhymed or unrhymed, closed or open. A couplet can exist as a stanza on its own or be used to build a longer stanza unit.
Example: "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare."
How many sonnets did Shakespheare write? (+-10)
154
What is a metonymy?
Metonymy means “change of name.” As a literary device, it is a way of replacing an object or idea with something related to it instead of stating what is actually meant
What is volta?
Turning point