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Shakespeare's London
Literary Terms & Definitions
Theater Life
Poetry
The Plays
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The name of the "rebirth" period of the arts and sciences.
What is the Renaissance period.
100
When someone speaks off the side to another character or to the audience while the rest of the characters on stage are unaware of what was said.
What is an aside?
100
The name of the first playhouse in London was called this.
What is the Theater?
100
Sorrow and Borrow are examples of this poetry term.
What is an exact rhyme?
100

This tragedy ends with the tragic deaths of MacBeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. 

What is MacBeth?

200
The only body of water in London that was also too polluted to enjoy if you were a swimmer
What is the Thames River?
200

This literary device compares two things without using like or as

What is a Metaphor?

200

All female roles were played by these types of males.

What are those boys whose voices had not dropped yet.

200
A four line stanza in a poem is known as this.
What is a quatrain?
200

This comedy features two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, leading to mistaken identities.

What is Comedy of Errors?

300

Two forms of entertainment competing with going to see a play during this time in London

What are Bear baiting Races and Gambling

300
A play on words is known as this term.
What is a pun?
300
Women were not allowed to attend theater unless this measure was taken.
What is having to dress up like a man.
300

This type of poetic language is usually reserved for ordinary conversation and common folk.

What is Prose?

300

The main character of this play becomes king after defeating Richard III.

Who is King John VII?

400
The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" actually dealt with this disease.
What is the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death?
400

The main character of a tragedy whose own flaws lead to his downfall or demise is known as this.

What is a tragic hero?

400
Those audience members who only paid a penny to stand in front of the stage to watch a play
What are the groundlings?
400

The standard metrical form the Shakespeare uses where each line contains 10 syllables consisting of an accented syllable followed by an accented one.

What is Iambic Pentameter?

400

This comedy, set on an island, includes a magician exacting revenge on his brother.

What is The Tempest?

500

The prevailing monarch during Shakespeare’s time.

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

500

A one person speech when a character is expressing his or her thoughts while alone is an example of this term.

What is a soliloquy?

500
Plays were performed during the daytime primarily for this reason.
What is because there wasn't a roof.
500

A type of Poetic language characterized by *unrhymed* iambic pentameter

What is blank verse?

500

This character dies after being stabbed by his good friend and 22 others.

Who was Julius Caesar?