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Shakespeare
Vocabulary
Literary terms
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Miscellaneous
100
April 23rd, 1564
What is the birthday of William Shakespeare?
100
Foe
What is an enemy?
100
simile
What is the term for comparing two things using like, as, than, or resembles?
100
Lord and Lady Capulet
What are the names of Juliet's parents?
100
Verona
What is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?
200
Anne Hathaway
What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
200
dignity
What is self-respect, excellence, or elevated rank?
200
personification
What is the term when you give a nonhuman object human qualities?
200
Benvolio
What is Romeo's cousin's name?
200
Stratford
What is the name of the city where Shakespeare was born and where he retired?
300
Globe
What is the name of the theater that Shakespear's plays were performed in?
300
Civil
What is polite, respectful, or civilized?
300
imagery
What is language that appeals to our senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell)?
300
Mercutio
What is Romeo's best friend's name?
300
a tragedy
What is it called when a play has a sad ending?
400
Elizabethan Period
What is the time period that Shakespeare wrote his plays?
400
Toil
What is to work hard, to labor?
400
an alliteration
What is the repetition of the same sound?
400
Gave Juliet poison.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
400
The Lord Chamberlain's Men or The King's Men
What is the name of the theatrical group that Shakespeare worked with.
500
1610
What is the year that Shakespeare retired?
500
piteous
What is pathetic, deserving pity or sympathy?
500
meter
What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?
500
Paris
Who is the man that is supposed to marry Juliet?
500
a Soliloquy
What is the name of a speech given by a character who is alone on the stage.