Shakespeare stories
Where does Hamlet take place?
Denmark
Complete the lines:
To be, or not to be: that is the ________:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
What is the main difference between a metaphor and a simile?
The use of as/like.
What is the rhyming pattern in:
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
ABAB
On the first project of the year, you had to create a journal based on what?
A road trip you took
What is the name of the character who lends money to Antonio in The Merchant of Venice?
Shylock
The line "Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich being poor, Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised." is an example of what literary technique?
Antithesis
Correct the mistake without changing the words in it:
You should deliver the book report however, you can.
Remove the comma after however.
Wouldn't it be better if everyone just got along well? is a question in which we do not expect an actual answer, and is usually used to catch the reader's attention. That is an example and definition of what kind of question?
Rhetorical.
What was the first Shakespeare story we read in S2?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
How many people died by the Capulet's tomb during the final scenes of Romeo and Juliet?
Three.
Complete the lines:
What’s in a name? That which we call a _____
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
rose
Give three examples of words used as connectives in relative clauses.
Who, whose, when, where, why, which,...
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
This poem contains three examples of what kind of literary technique?
Alliterations.
- Weak and weary
- Quaint and curious
- Nearly napping
Name three authors who wrote the books used for the book reports in S2.
Oscar Wilde, Louis Sachar, Mark Haddon, John Boyne and George Orwell.
What is the name of Hamlet's mom?
Gertrude
What is Juliet's first line when Romeo is about to visit her by the balcony?
Oh Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
There is a word that defines words by their sounds. (Crash, buzz, vroom,...). What is that word and how do you spell it?
Onomatopoeia
What was the name of the character in Great Expectations, who never took off her wedding dress?
Miss Havisham.
One of your book reports was written using a newspaper format. What was the title of the newspaper?
The Canterville Times.
How old would Shakespeare be if he hadn't died?
460
In which play do we find the quote "Out, damned spot!", and what is the context behind it?
Macbeth - Lady Macbeth trying to clean King Duncan's blood stain.
How do you say "for what reason" in Shakespearean English?
Wherefore
How many verses are there in a classical Shakespearean sonnet?
14.
How many graded assignments have we had this year?
18