The Brilliant Bard
Shakespeare's wife's name:
Ann Hathaway
Which genre of play is Romeo and Juliet?
Tragedy
Iambic Pentameter always starts with a _________ syllable.
Unstressed
Another name for a Shakespearean Sonnet:
English Sonnet
When a character speaks directly to the audience:
An Aside
Stratford Upon Avon
In which city did Romeo and Juliet take place?
Verona (Italy)
An Iamb has a _________ syllable, followed by a _________ syllable.
Unstressed, stressed
Another name for a Petrarchan Sonnet:
Italian Sonnet
When the character speaks their inner thoughts aloud?
A soliloquy
Shakespeare was alive from:
1564-1616
What is the main conflict in Romeo and Juliet?
Feud between the Montagues and Capulets
Pentameter tells us that the Iamb repeats how many times?
5
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
The name for the audience members who stood on the ground during the performance.
Groundlings
Shakespeare wrote which 3 genres of play?
Tragedy, Comedy, History
What happened at the end of Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet took their lives. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets ended.
Iambic pentameter sounds like a:
Heartbeat
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is an example of:
Rhyme Scheme
The name for Shakespeare's theatre company?
He actually had two--name one!
The King's Men
(also accepted: the Lord Chamberlain's Men)
During which time period was Shakespeare alive?
(There are TWO answers--you must get BOTH).
Renaissance, Elizabethan Era
Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, Paris, Romeo and Juliet
A Shakespearean Sonnet is made up of 3 _________ and 1 __________?
Quartains, Couplet
Shakespeare wrote using 3 distinct styles of writing. Rhymed verse was one of them. What were the other 2?
Prose, Blank Verse
Ordinary speech. No rhythm, no rhyme.
Prose