Shakespeare's Life
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
Why did Elizabethan actors have to perform multiple plays each week?
London's small population
Shakespeare often replaced letters with these
Apostrophes
A phrase that has a different meaning from what is inferred
Idiom
A sonnet must have 14 lines, written in this
Iambic pentameter
How old was William Shakespeare when he died?
52
London officials closed down theaters due to these concerns
Health and crime
How many words and phrases did Shakespeare invent?
Over 2,000
A play on words
Pun
What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
37
We can tell if writers are pretending to be someone else if their what is different?
Their style of writing
You can infer what a word means using these, such as how characters react
Contextual clues
An exaggerated statement
Hyperbole
A change or direction or thought, usually found in the third stanza
Volta
Most of Shakespeare's plays fit into one of these 3 categories:
Comedies, Histories, or Tragedies
Shakespeare worked with Christopher Marlowe to write this play.
Henry VI
Shakespeare coined this word, which means to tarnish or discolor
Besmirch
An expression that has been overused
Cliché
When did Shakespeare write his sonnets?
Sometime in the 1590's and 1600's
Where did Shakespeare grow up?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
In the late 1800's, Wincenty Lutostawski invented this, to test writing characteristics.
Stylometry
Shakespeare invented this phrase, which most people say when they want to get to know each other
Breaking the ice
Puns and hyperboles are commonly used when we want to do this
Express feelings
Who invented the sonnet?
Giacomo da Lentini