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Shakespeare Language and Devices
R and J
Persuasion
Vocabulary
Sentences and Commonly Confused Words
100
The definition of a simile
What is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?
100
Juliet's feelings toward marriage and how they change.
What is at first, Juliet doesn’t give a thought about marriage, until she meets Romeo and instantly wants to marry him?
100
The three appeals of persuasion.
What is logos, pathos, ethos?
100
An antonym of diffident: timid brash withdraw unassertive
What is brash?
100
This word is misused in the following sentence: Look over their, it’s a dog eating a minion.
What is their?
200
The meter Shakespeare typically wrote in
What is iambic pentameter?
200
Why Romeo did not receive the letter from Friar Lawrence.
What is because Friar John was quarantined?
200
The definition of concession.
What is to yield or compromise by accepting the validity of an aspect of the opponent’s argument?
200
She was so good, she showed an ______ skill at the game. what is uncanny? what is panacea? what is venial? what is omniscient?
What is uncanny?
200
Incorrect form of which word? The effect of their actions on my principals is to new to truly ascertain.
What is to?
300
A reference to another piece of work.
What is an allusion?
300
An example from the play that demonstrates the role of fate.
What is Romeo and Juliet meeting at the party? Additional answers.
300
Statistics, diagrams, ratings, comparisons, capabilities
What are examples of logos?
300
To erase (definition).
What is expunge?
300
The difference between affected and effected.
What is Effected is used to describe an event that is directly caused by another event?
400
The type of English in which Shakespeare wrote.
What is modern English?
400
The reason for Lady Montague's death.
What is shock or grief over Romeo's exile?
400
Weak or faulty reasoning.
What is a fallacy?
400
Definition of disperse.
What is to scatter, spread far and wide?
400
With little hope and no money in the bank, the family followed their dreams and left their futures in the hands of fate. The sentence type.
What is simple?
500
Bought the sketchbook did An-Mei. What syntactical order is used here? Shakespeare used it often.
What is verb + object + subject?
500
What Juliet does to ensure that she won’t marry Paris if her “death” potion doesn’t work.
What is put a knife by her bed?
500
Post-hoc, bandwagon, sweeping generalization, ad hominem.
What are examples of fallacies?
500
Prince charming was extremely selfish the numerous times he tried to steal Fiona away from her dear Shrek. A vocabulary word that is an antonym for the word “Selfish.”
What is altruistic?
500
After we lost our way in the storm, we attempted to turn around on the side of the road, but we popped our tire on the jagged rocks. The sentence type.
What is compound-complex?