Literary Terms
”Why did 6 ate 7? Because 7 8 9.” is an example of this literary term.
What is a pun?
In Elizabethan English, it is common to describe your enemy as this word, rather than your friend.
What is foe?
This word is often used to describe someone kind and giving, usually noble-minded men in Shakespeare’s plays.
What is generous?
Fill in the blank: Shakespeare uses protasis for ________, epitasis to build tension, and catastrophe for a tragic resolution.
What is rhythm?
Julius Caesar, in the play of the same name, has changed the Roman Republic to this new political organization.
What is the Roman Empire?
Shakespeare‘s plays are often this genre of play, where a protagonist goes through their downfall. This could be caused by their own undoing or other circumstances.
What is a tragedy?
In Elizabethan English, you might catch someone saying this term as a negative response. Some might confuse the sound for horses.
What is nay?
This word describes guilt and shame over a crime, representing the bloodshed a character would feel.
What is bloody?
Shakespeare’s plays have this type of ending where the protagonists meet their doomed fate.
What is a catastrophe?
Julius was a Roman general, dictator, and this occupation described as a respected political leader.
What is a statesman?
This type of speech occurs when characters verbally express their feelings and thoughts to other characters. Shakespeare uses these to express ideas and themes in the story.
What is a monologue?
When you greet your friends the first time you meet them in the day, you say this common phrase, in Elizabethan English terms.
What is good morrow?
In Shakespeare’s time, this word was used to describe something bad in a silly or foolish way, in contrast to modern times, where it’s used to describe amusement.
What is laughable?
This word is used to describe a conclusion in various works of media, especially Shakespeare’s plays.
What is denouement?
Some call them murderers, others call them traitors, but these two characters were definitely responsible with the murder of Julius Caesar.
Who are Brutus and Cassius?
Shakespeare’s characters say “Now I am alone.” to indicate that they are about to go in this literary term, in which a character is speaking their thoughts out loud to only themselves.
What is a soliloquy?
An insult commonly used in Elizabethan English, use this word to describe your foes as “worthless beings.”
What is hilding?
Fill in the blank: Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this ______ hand.
What is bloody?
This section is in the middle of Shakespeare’s plays. It contains conflict, a thwarted protagonist, and even more complications.
What is an epitastis?
After Julius Caesar’s death, this emperor took his place as the new leader of the Roman Empire (think of the calendar)
Who is Augustus?
In this literary term, characters directly speak to the audience but the other characters in the story can’t hear him.
What is an aside?
In Elizabethan English, this word is often used to describe when people inform paramount details.
What is privy?
Fill in the blank: To be _______, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets.
What is generous?
State the 7 most important events of the five act structure and which acts do they belong in.
Act One: Prologue
Act Two: Conflict, Rising Action, Climax
Act Three: Falling Action, Denouement
Julius Caesar expanded Rome by conquering this region in Western Europe, which later developed into the nation France.
What is Gaul?