Shakespeare! Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| When did shakespeare die? | April 23, 1616 |
| When was shakespeare born? | April 23, 1564 |
| Where was shakespeare born? | Stratford |
| During what era was shakespeare born? | Renaissance (Elizabethan) |
| What was the name of Shakespeare's acting company? | Lord Chamberlain's Men Acting Company |
| a poetic form that usually uses a metrical pattern known as unrhymed iambic pentameter | blank verse |
| the use of a regular rhythm pattern in language | meter |
| a concentrated and heightened form of language , produced through rhythm and sound | poetry |
| the language of everyday, ordinary speech | prose |
| a unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable | iamb |
| a poetic form that consists of five iams. | iambic pentameter |
| Shakespeare's plays are primarily _______ | verbal |
| Shakespeare used words to express the _____ and ____ of his drama | setting; mood |
| Shakespeare used ____ to express the setting and mood in his drama | words |
| mordern dramas are primarily ___ | visual |
| Characters in a Shakespeare play are understood to be characters that _________ | represent real people |
| Modern dramas suggest that everything is ____, including the places and people | real |
| ____ wrote The Poetics in which he spelled out his ideas on tragedy | Aristotle |
| THE POETICS was a poem that spelled out his ideas on _____ | tragedy |
| Aristotle described the stage life as an ____ | illusion |
| Aristotle described tragedy as an _______ | imitation of an action |
| Shakespear was influenced by _____ | medieval art |
| ___ was deeply symbolic | medieval art |
| what was the globe theatre shaped like? | O |
| tower attached to the roof | penthouse |
| center area where groundlings watched the plays | pit |
| stage of theater extended into audience with a _______ | trapdoor in the middle |
| why were plays perfomed during the day? | because there were no stage lights |
| where were many of shakespeare's plays first performed? | at the globe theater |
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