Shakespearean Concepts
What is the literary device in which a character behaviors sharply contrasts another character
What is a dramatic foil?
What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?
What is hyperbole?
What is the name for a 4-line stanza in a poem?
What is a quatrain?
What theme revolves around the intense love shared by the protagonists despite their families' feud?
What is love?
What historical period is "Romeo and Juliet" set in, known for its cultural richness and focus on arts?
What is the Elizabethan Era?
This term refers to a long speech by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts
What is a soliloquy?
In the line, "My love is a prison," what literary device is used to convey the speaker's feelings of being trapped by love?
What is a metaphor?
This term refers to the pattern of end sounds in a line of poetry.
What is a rhyme scheme?
This theme addresses the consequences of hatred and conflict between families.
What is the conflict between love and hate?
The play was written and performed during this cultural revival that sparked interest in literature and the arts in England.
What is the Renaissance?
What is the term for a brief remark made by a character that is intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters?
What is an aside?
What is the poetic structure consisting of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme?
What is a sonnet?
What is the type of repetition that involves repeating phrases or words in a poem to create emphasis?
What is repetition?
Romeo risks his life to see Juliet, even though his family forbids him from being with her. Which theme does this demonstrate?
What is the consequences of hate?
What was the common form of entertainment in Elizabethan times that often included elaborate costumes and minimal scenery?
What is live theatre?
What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"?
What is a simile? (To clarify, similes are common in Shakespeare’s work, although not requested in your list; I included it as an additional question option.)
In the balcony scene, Juliet uses "O, speak again, bright angel!" to express her feelings toward Romeo. What literary device is she using here?
What is personification? (She personifies Romeo as an angel.)
This term describes the shift or change in thought or argument within a sonnet, typically occurring after the first 8 lines.
What is a volta?
The tragic ending of the play illustrates how two feuding families can destroy love. What recurring theme does this exemplify?
What is the consequences of hate?
During which reign was Shakespeare writing, known for overseeing a flourishing of the arts?
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This device involves irony when the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
The line “Two households, both alike in dignity” follows a specific rhythmic pattern common in Shakespeare’s work. What is this pattern called?
What is iambic pentameter?
What is the rhythm pattern that consists of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables in poetry?
What is iambic pentameter?
This theme highlights the struggle for identity and self in the context of familial expectations.
What is the search for identity?
This venue in London was famous for hosting many of Shakespeare’s plays, including "Romeo and Juliet."
What is the Globe Theatre?