Show:
Over Dramatic
Poetic Examples
Who Am I?
All About Will
Define Me
100
A prediction or hint of events to come.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The show was so boring, it was like watching paint dry.
What is a simile?
100
I am the main character in a literary work.
Who is the protagonist?
100
I was born in this English town in 1564.
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
100
Pun
What is a play on words?
200
A character trait that leads a character to his own downfall or destruction.
What is a tragic flaw?
200
Julie jumps joyously.
What is an alliteration?
200
I am the author of "Romeo and Juliet".
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
I married this woman, who was 10 years my senior, and together we had three children.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
200
Personification
What is the use of an animal or inanimate object to display human attributes?
300
A bit of humor injected into a serious play to relieve the tension of tragic events
What is comic relief?
300
The assignment was a breeze.
What is a metaphor?
300
I am a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight certain characteristics.
Who is the foil?
300
I invested money in the construction of this theater which it burned down when a canon was fired through the thatch roof during a production.
What is the Globe Theater?
300
Allusion
What is an indirect reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event?
400
When the audience knows something that the actors on the stage or characters in the novel do not.
What is dramatic irony?
400
We waited an eternity for the show to start.
What is a hyperbole?
400
I was the first of King Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
400
A black flag would be flown outside of my theater if a this genre was being performed.
What is a tragedy?
400
Onomatopoeia
What is the use of words whose pronunciation suggests their sound? (Bang, pow, zap)
500
When a single character on stage is thinking out loud so that the audience can know what is going on in his/her mind.
What is a soliloquy?
500
Agree to disagree; a big baby; organized chaos
What is an oxymoron?
500
We are a collective group of actors who give background information and help set the scene in a play.
Who is the chorus?
500
I was a member of this famous theater company.
What is the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
500
Irony
What is conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation?