Poetic Structure
What is the name of a 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme?
What is a sonnet?
What is the dictionary definition of a word called?
What is denotation?
What is the term for when the audience knows something the characters do not?
What is dramatic irony?
What is the verb tense in this sentence: "Juliet had already taken the potion before Romeo arrived"?
What is past perfect?
What is the term for the attitude a writer conveys through word choice and style?
What is tone?
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?
Conjugate the verb 'have' in 'Thou' form
What is 'Thou hast'?
What is it called when two opposite words are placed together for effect?
What is an oxymoron?
What is the direct object in this sentence: "The Prince punished the feuding families"?
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
What is alliteration?
What type of metrical pattern consists of five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables per line?
What is iambic pentameter?
What vocabulary word from Act 5 describes extreme sadness or suffering?
What is misery?
What is a speech where a character speaks their thoughts aloud, usually alone on stage?
What is a soliloquy?
What is the active voice version of "The letter was written by Friar Lawrence"?
What is 'Friar Lawrence wrote a letter'?
What is the literary term for a reference to a well-known person, event, or work of literature?
What is an allusion?
What is the term for a two-line rhyming stanza at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet?
What is a couplet?
If someone says, "I would that..." what are they saying?
What is "I wish"?
What is the name for a short remark made by a character that other characters on stage do not hear?
What is an [aside]?
What is the grammatical error in this sentence: "Running down the street, the book fell out of my bag"?
What is a misplaced modifier?
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
What is first-person uses 'I' and 'we,' while third-person uses 'he,' 'she,' or 'they'?
What is the term for a sonnet's shift in thought or argument, often occurring around line 9?
What is a volta?
How would Shakespeare say 'she does'?
What is 'she doth'?
What is the term for a long speech by one character to others on stage?
What is a monologue?
What is the grammatical error in this sentence: "Romeo enjoys reading poetry, dancing, and to fight" and how should it be written instead?
What is faulty parallelism and "Romeo enjoys reading poetry, dancing, and fighting."
Mark the stressed ( / ) and unstressed ( x ) syllables in the following line of iambic pentameter: "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"
x / x / x / x / x /