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From the Story
From the Story
MISC
100
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile
100
A comparison not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
100
"I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire. The day is hot; the Capulets, abroad; And if we meet we shall not ’scape a brawl, For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring." -Benvolio Act 3 Sc 1
What is foreshadowing
100
'like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'
What is a simile
100
Three categories of Shakespeare's plays
What is comedy, history, and tragedy
200
A remark said that someone on the stage should not hear
What is an aside?
200
Hinting or giving clues of what is going to happen
What is foreshadowing?
200
"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"
What is pun
200
"Her eyes are homes of silent prayer." -Romeo Act 2 Sc 2
What is a metaphor
200
How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?
What is 37 plays and 154 sonnets
300
A play on words with double meanings
What is a pun
300
Characters who serves as a contrast to another character.
What is foil
300
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!" -Romeo Act 2 Sc 2
What is aside
300
"Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rhyme her; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy; Helen and Hero hildings and harlots; Thisbe a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose." -Mercutio Act 1 Sc 4
What is an allusion
300
The name of Shakespeare's theatre
What is The Globe
400
A long speech where a character speaks aloud Hint: it is said to oneself
What is a soliloquy
400
Unrhymed poetry
What is blank verse
400
"For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." -Prince Act 5 Sc 3
What is a heroic couplet
400
"What if it be a poison, which the friar Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead, Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd, Because he married me before to Romeo? I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not, For he hath still been tried a holy man." -Juliet Act 4 Sc 3
What is Soliloquy
400
There are 2 in R&J. They tell what is going to happen in the play and/or retell what happened in the previous scene.
What is prologue/chorus
500
A stanza constituting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Hint: be specific
What is heroic couplet
500
A line of poetry made up of 5 stressed and 5 unstressed beats
What is iambic pentameter?
500
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." -Prologue
What is iambic pentameter
500
Mercutio and Romeo Benvolio and Tybalt
What is a foil
500
When was Shakespeare born?
What is 1564