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Elizabethan Shakespeare Key Terms Quiz
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1Ague
- AA fever, sickness or shaking
- Bthe excess or deficiency of four distinct bodily fluids in a person directly influencing health and temperament.
2Anaphora
- AParallelism create when successive phrases or lines begin with the same words
- BAn error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece.
3Cuckoldry
- AThe type of hat that a jester or fool wears.
- BWhen a woman cheats on her husband, she makes him a cuckold.
4Epistrophe
- AAn arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or abstract idea as if it were present.
- Bthe repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses or sentences.
5Half Rhyme
- AAn incomplete rhyme, ending at the line and not continuing to the next
- Ba rhyme of only partial matching sounds
6Metonymy
- Asubstituting a concept or idea with something associated with it
- BWhen body parts are used to describe someone
7Motif
- AA thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.
- BAny element, subject or idea, or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature
8Oxymoron
- ATwo opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
- BA statement that appears to be contradictory but upon close examination makes sense.
9Paradox
- AA contradictory statement that makes sense.
- BTo expose and criticize foolishness.
10Synecdoche
- AA figure of speech where a part of something is used to refer to the whole.
- BSubstituting a concept or idea with something associated with it.
11Antic disposition
- AActing sarcastic and angry as a mask.
- BPretending to be mad.
12Anachronism
- AA purposeful change in the plot that is unexpected.
- BAnything out of time or place; an error in chronology or the timeline.
13Vice
- AA evil characteristic that is used as an example.
- BStock character from medieval morality plays.
14Carnivalesque
- AA medieval trope; where wildness is purged for a short time in order for society to accept authority the rest of the time.
- BWhen a foolish play is put on to represent the importance of authority by inverting societal roles.
15Satire
- ATo ridicule a person accidentally or in reference.
- BTo expose and criticize foolishness and corruption by using humour, irony and exaggeration or ridicule.
16Body Politic
- AA metaphor of a nation as a body, needing every part to function.
- BThe head of the Roman state, which had the strength of authority.
17Primogeniture
- AThe right of the first born to inherit his father's money and titles.
- BThe law that replaced the idea of all sons inheriting the family wealth and property.
18In-Built Stage Directions
- AWords within a text that give hints as to what the actors should be doing in a scene.
- BDirections written by shakespeare in sidenotes to instruct actors.
19Metatheatricality
- AWhen a character is being overdramatic.
- BTheatre as self-conscious of being a drama.
20Bathos
- AShift from the sublime to the ridiculous.
- BCreating pity for a character.
21Metaphor
- AA thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially abstract.
- BUsing parts to refer to the whole.
22Soliloquy
- AThe speech of a character that only the audience and not the other characters can hear.
- BAn act of speaking one's thoughts aloud whilst alone onstage.
23Conceit
- AAn elaborate metaphor.
- BTo be arrogant and cocky.
24Humours
- AThe humour or comedy of a play as given by the characters.
- BExcess or deficiency of four distinct bodily fluids in a person directly influences their temperament and health.
25Allusion
- ADistorting reality.
- BA reference to things outside of the text.
26Pathos
- AShift from the ridiculous to the sublime.
- BEvoking pity for a character.
27Dramatic Irony
- AWhere a character does not know something that the audience does.
- BHumour unrecognized by a character.
28Foreshadowing
- ATo show, indicate, or suggest in advance of what is to come.
- BAlluding to darker events.
29Blazon
- AAn elaborate metaphor.
- BCataloguing the love's physical features in comparison to other objects of beauty.
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- Descripción
- A quiz of the key terms related to the study of Elizabethan Shakespeare's plays.
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- megghan18
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- English
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