Literary Devices
The comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”.
What is a Simile?
This is the nationality of the boys.
What is British?
This is the language his work is written in.
What is English?
This is the informal way to say “You”.
What is Thou?
What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays are performed?
What is The Global Theater?
The hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
The boys confused this character with the Beast and killed him.
What is Simon?
This is the type of poem Shakespeare wrote.
What is a Sonnet?
This is the second person singular present way of saying to be.
What is Art?
This is the name given to people who funded Shakespeare.
What is a Patron?
This is the emotional feeling that a work of literature produces in a reader.
What is the Mood?
This thing is mistaken to be the "Beast in Air".
What is the Dead Parachutist?
This is a genre of Shakespearean play in which the main character’s action led to their irreversible downfall.
What is a Tragedy?
This is how you say “It Was” in Shakespeare’s literature.
What is Twas?
These are two types of wordplay mentioned in the book.
What are Puns and Metaphors?
This is an author's choice of words and phrases in a piece of literature to give it an unique style and effect.
What is a Diction?
This activity distracted Jack from keeping the fire, causing the ship to pass by the Island for the first time.
What is Hunting?
The style found in Shakespeare’s work consists of a line of 10 syllables, with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
This is how you say “Why” in Shakespeare’s literature.
What is Wherefore?
These are two editions in which Shakespeare’s plays are published.
What are Quarto and Folio?
The recurring idea in a story with a symbolic significance and contributes towards the development of the theme.
What is a Motif?
This is used to start fires on the Island.
What is Piggy’s glasses?
This is a lengthy speech in which a character in a play, while alone on a stage, expresses their thoughts to the audience.
What is a Soliloquy?
This is how you say “Please” in Shakespeare’s literature.
What is Prithee?
These are the languages that English students like Shakespeare who attended school have to study.
What are English, Latin, and Greek?