William Shakespeare
Elements and Devices
Shakespeare Plays
Book Report
Miscellaneous
100

Shakespeare's plays are broken down into three categories. What are they?

Comedies

Histories

Tragedies

100

Jumbo shrimp, seriously funny, and pretty ugly are all examples of: 

oxymorons

100

Finish the following line:

Double, double _______________________________.

toil and trouble

100

Atticus Finch says it is a sin to 

kill a mockingbird.

100

What did we end up naming our new puppy?

Obadiah (Obi)

200

Fill in the blanks: Shakespeare famously writes that all the world is a __________________ and the men are merely ____________________.

stage; players
200

Sally sells sea shells by the seashore is an example of what?

Alliteration

200

These are the family names of two hormonal teenagers who are hopeless star-crossed lovers. 

Capulet

Montague

200

What planet do the children of All Summer in a Day live on?

Venus

200

What two classes does Mr. Hancock teach?

Integrated Science, Biology

300

What type of poem is Shakespeare most famously known for?

Sonnet
300

Taylor Swifts song, "Love Story" uses a ____________ __________________. (must have the term and the type)

literary allusion

300

"She's the Man" is a film based off of this Shakespearean comedy.

Twelfth Night

300

What happens to the winner of "The Lottery"?

They get stoned to death. 

300

How many syllables are in the word onomatopoeia?

6

400

William Shakespeare is widely known as the Bard of _________.

Avon
400

What are the three types of irony? 

Dramatic

Situational

Verbal

400

This character is the fairy queen, and fell in love with a donkey-headed man. 

Titania

400

What game was the group of children playing when they discovered a man in a well?

Hide and go seek

400

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem: 

I opened up my math homework,
Then checked my phone for just one text,
Three hours later, what came next?
I somehow learned to juggle spoons.
My assignment still was not done,
But I knew fifty cat facts by one.

A BB C DD

500

Shakespeare is credited with adding over ____________ words to the English language.

1,700

500

List all of the elements of plot. 

Exposition, conflict (inciting incident), rising action, climax, falling action, resolution 

500

This is the man who was sent to wake up King Duncan after a night at MacBeth's. 

MacDuff

500

This is the name of the sister who adapts to human culture the fastest in St Lucy's School for Girls Raised by Wolves."

Jeanette

500

What are the five elements of STAR Response?

1. Always answer in complete sentences. 

2. Answer all parts of the question. 

3. Restate the question.

4. Be specific. 

5. Use correct punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.