Vocabulary 1
A state of transition.
limbo
Opposite of what is expected.
irony
Name 1 of Shakespeare's 3 children.
Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
alliteration
A form of literature designed to be performed before an audience is known as...
Drama
Enormous size or strength.
titanic
"This backpack weighs a ton."
hyperbole
Which play did Shakespeare write while he was a member of the acting troupe Lord Chamberlain' Men: Henry IV, Romeo and Juliet, or A Comedy of Errors?
Romeo and Juliet
A reference to a well-known work, person, event, or idea.
Allusion
Which two playwrights are identified as popular Greek playwrights?
Sophocles and Euripides
To use the ideas of someone else and present them as your own.
plagiarize
Synonym for cruel.
diabolic
Which writer created Histoires Tragiques, one possible source for Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
François de Belleforest
The audience knows a character is being tricked, but the character does not, is known as...
dramatic irony
A long speech spoken by a character to other characters or the audience is known as...
monologue
Something that is stupid or silly.
asinine
Another name for a leader.
bellwether
Shakespeare became part owner of the Globe Theater in:
1599
What is iambic pentameter?
A ten-syllable line divided into five iambic feet
A person or group who acted as a narrator, commentator, or audience is known as...
A chorus
Fantastic.
chimerical
Worn out;exhausted
effete
What deadly disease affected England during Shakespeare’s childhood?
Black Plague
“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player…” is an example of...
metaphor
Hamlet's most famous soliloquy about existence is what?
"To be, or not to be."