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Poetry
Definitions
Characters
Motifs/Themes
Comedy
100
A line of poetry that contains five beats of a weak strong stress is called?
What is Iambic Pentameter?
100
When a character says come hither they mean?
What is "come here?"
100
Which character could be described as "knavish?"
Who is Puck?
100
This motif often is associated with crazy behaviour or lunacy?
What is the moon.
100
In comedy, the happy ending usually has at least one of these.
What is a wedding?
200
When you read dramatic poetry you need to stop and take a breath here.
What is major punctuation?
200
In the play within a play, loam and rough cast is the costume for this character?
Who is "Wall?"
200
This character, who's name is a high pitched instrument, plays the Thisbe in the play within the play.
Who is Flute?
200
This is usually the main theme of comedy.
What is love?
200
The Greeks created comedy. The Romans created this?
What is New Comedy?
300
This poem has 14 lines and often examines two sides to an argument.
What is a sonnet?
300
The word gambol means to dance and Titania tells the fairies to do it in the eyes of this character.
Who is Bottom?
300
What animal is Theseus most proud of - and shows them off to his bride to be?
What is his hounds?
300
The Greek word Metamorphisis is a major theme in the play and means...
What is "to change"?
300
This kind of setting is often idealized or a place of escape in comedy.
What is the country?
400
The pair of characters who use the most poetic imagery in their speeches are?
Who are Oberon and Titania?
400
This word means virginal and pure.
What is chaste?
400
Who is described as spotted and inconstant?
Who is Demetrius?
400
This naughty baby God appears is many speeches of the play.
Who is cupid?
400
This comic device is the name for when a word is used that has two meaning for comic effect.
What is a pun?
500
This poetic device is when an inanimate thing acts like a human.
What is personification?
500
This word can mean a cruel or violent action deliberate and unprovoked or sexually immodest or promiscuous?
What is wanton?
500
What country do the lovers say Hermia is from --- to insult her?
What is Ethiopia?
500
This comic device pokes fun at a serious subject and is what you would call the play within the play.
What is a parody?