Time Period
A time of change that brought a surge of literary works.
What is the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare's wife
Who is Anne Hathaway?
Shakespeare used this when writing and is now referred to as the heartbeat of poetry.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
A play on words
What is a pun?
Sonnets have this many lines.
What is 14?
This theater was by far the most popular of its time.
What is the Globe Theater?
It was this type of English that Shakespeare wrote in.
What is the Queen's English?
Shakespeare created this word after being unable to rhyme anything with crocodile.
What is alligator?
An over exaggeration of something
What is a hyperbole?
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What is the Shakespearean Rhyme Scheme?
Why was Queen Elizabeth often called the "Virgin Queen"?
She was never married.
The name of Shakespeare's acting company
What is Chamberlain's Men?
Insults used in Shakespeare's played often build this.
What is tension?
A phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.
What is an idiom?
Shakespearean Sonnets often have the purpose of expressing this.
What is love?
What forms of literary work became popular during Shakespeare's Time?
What are Plays and Dramas?
The name of Shakespeare's son who passed away
Who is Hamnet?
About how many words did Shakespeare create?
2,000-3,000
Idioms do not translate well to other languages because they usually refer to this.
What is "something specific to a language or culture"?
A mini paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?
In this year, the Globe Theater was opened.
What is 1599?
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
36 plays
This play included some of Shakespeare's best insults.
What is "Romeo and Juliet"?
When a single word in the pun has multiple meanings that are relevant to the pun.
What is a double meaning?
The turn of thought or argument of the sonnet, which is usually found in the 3rd stanza.
What is the Volta?