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- How many years has it been since Shakespeare's day
- 400
- What country did Shakespeare live in
- England
- The ruler of shakespeare's day
- Queen Elizabeth 1
- What year was Shakespeare born
- 1564
- Where was shakespeare born
- stratord on avon
- shakespeare's parents
- john and mary
- what WS's father did for a living
- a glover, a leathermaker, later on a balif
- what did WS do at school?
- translated text from english to latin and vice versa
- from what age was WS expected to speak latin?
- 8
- what festifal did WS see as a child?
- Kennelworth
- Who was WS's wife
- Anne Hathaway
- How much older was WS's wife than him?
- 8 years
- When did Anne Hathaway become pregnant?
- she was 26, he 18
- 4 possible jobs WS could have had in his 20's
- Soldier, sailer, schoolmaster, traveler
- WS's three children
- Suzeanna, Hamnet, Judith
- Accused WS of being an upstart, egotistical and ungrateful
- robert greene
- WS dedicated 2 poems to
- earl of south hampton
- short poems WS wrote to a young man and dark lady
- sonnets 18 and 130
- how many plays did WS produce?
- 37
- what happened in the 1590's that shut down theatres
- the plague
- how many people were dying of the plague each week and what chance did u have of dying if u caught it?
- 1,00 per week, 72%
- 1596 WS lost what?
- his son
- 3 things WS competed with
- barebaiting, brothels, gambling
- How WS described himself
- a poet
- what WS left his wife
- his 2nd best bed
- year WS died
- 1616 at 52 years
- what year WS's first folio released
- 1623
- acting or serving to cut down or destroy
- withering
- e excusing of an offense without exacting a penalty
- pardon
- shiftless, lazy
- idle
- dedicated to a sacred purpose
- consecrate
- to avoid, to abstain from
- abjure
- to declare as a matter of fact
- avouch
- exciting or deserving hatred or repungance
- odious
- to voice disaproval of
- reprehend
- formal or ceremonius observance of an occasion or event
- solemnity
- a cause of trouble
- vexation
- a widow holding property
- dowager
- a manner of walking or moving on foot
- gait
- to steal
- filch
- quick and light in motion
- nimble
- a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage or favor
- privilege
- compensation for a loss or injury
- amends
- lack of subtlety or penetration
- simplicity
- conformity to a standard of right
- virtue
- personal bravery
- valor
- an illicit lover
- paramour
- a model of excellence or perfection
- paragon
- the worship of a physical object as a god
- idolatry
- high rank, office or position
- dignity
- to speak out in anger
- chide
- room
- chamber
- i accepted/excepted all of the rules on the list accept/except the very last one it was just un-acceptable/exceptable
- accepted/except/acceptable
- when a child is adapted/adopted, he needs to adapt/adopt to his environment he needs to accept/except his surroundings and adapt/adopt a good attitued
- adopted/adapt/accept/adopt
- do you have any advise/advice for the new bride? well i would advise/advice her to make sure she marries the right man
- advice/advise
- how did that news affect/effect the world? i'm not sure i think the effects/affects are quite damaging
- affect/effects
- are you all ready/already i all ready/already said i was all ready/already
- all ready/already/all ready
- are you alright/all right?
- all right
- there are alot/a lot of people here well of course, a lot/alot of people like the plays
- a lot/ a lot
- between/among the four of us, i think jean has the best shot but between/among you and i, it should be me
- among/between
- anyway/anyways i think that jen is making a mocker of the whole event she can't even accept/except that she has lost a lot/alot of people think she is making a big mistake she has all ready/already made up her acceptance/exceptance speech. stupid bitch.
- anyway/accept/a lot/ already/acceptance
- can/may i borrow/lend that book from you? i'll bring/take it back to you tomorrow! i promise. just borrow/lend it to me today, and i can/may have it back to you tomorrow.
- may/borrow/bring/lend/can
- bring/take this silly book to jake before he knows i lent/borrowed it without his knowledge
- take/borrow
- if i had choose/chose right now, i'd choose/chose the blue carpeting. but jackie all ready/already choose/chose. the choose/chose the silver. it looks stupid in her house but she choose/chose what she wanted
- choose/choose/already/chose/chose/chose
- what a capital/capitol/the Capitol idea! we could go to the capital/capitol/the Capitol of the country this week for a field trip and while we are there we can see capital/capitol/the Capitol building.
- capital/capital/the Capitol
- if i can/may ask are you all right/alright? i can/may bring/take you a glass of water
- may/all right/can/bring
- you are all together/altogether wrong mrs. maloprop isn't worried but we need to go all together/altogether as a group and tell her she needs to watch her wordws. she needs to accept/except the fact that her words affect/effect the kids. they'll never le
- altogther/all together/ accept/affect/adopt/anyway/advice
- to be in exile of a land forever
- banish
- one who brings justice for wrong acts, vindicator
- avenger
- to relieve or bring peace to
- assuage
- festive in a mood to celebrate
- convivial
- mean and selfish, pernicious
- malignant
- in one's favor pleasing or favorable
- auspicious
- to take offense
- umbrage
- spite or hatefulness
- scourge
- unable to be reversed
- irrevocable
- to reject or deny
- spurn
- visounary or in a manner of prediciting the future
- prophetic
- infamy
- ignominy
- fort
- rampart
- serenity
- tranquility
- unreligious
- blashpemy
- a declaration
- edict
- a pardon from something
- impunity
- some reliable
- infallible
- all powerful
- omnipotent
- an illness
- affliction
- something unable to be satisfied
- insatiable
- insane, crazy
- demented
- respect, tribute
- homage
- the sound at the beginning of words that sound the same
- alliteration
- a brief refrence within a work to something outside the author expects us to pick up
- allusion
- principle character opposition to the main character
- antagonist
- a remard made softly to either the audience or another character ony we hear it
- aside
- a self-written biography
- autobiograpy
- descrbing & defining a character's traits by straightforwardly describing them
- characterization
- peak of action
- climax
- a dramatic work that is light and humorous, ends happily or in weddings
- comedy
- a humorus scene incident or speech that relieves the emotional intensity
- comic relief
- a struggle between opposing forces character vs. force...
- conflict
- a different way of speaking in tones
- dialect
- a conversation between 2 or more characters
- dialogue
- the beginning of the story, set's the stage
- exposition
- written form as if told by main character
- first person
- 2 contrasting characters that draw out contradicitons of eachother
- foil
- when a writer uses hints and clues to indicate events/situations that will happen later on
- foreshadowing
- picking out hints and clues and comments to describe and define a character
- indirect characterization
- the thoughts going on inside a character's mind
- inner monologue
- a fable, untrue legend
- myth
- a longer more detailed story
- novel
- a word that names a sound
- onomatopoeia
- contradicting phrase, jumbo shrimp!
- oxymoron
- opposite of foil, very similar and pushes differences into viesw
- parallel
- giving human qualities to inhuman objects
- personification
- main character
- protagonist
- the end of a story, all problems solved, closure
- resolution, denouement
- where a story takes place
- setting
- a short piece of literary work
- short story
- comparison of an object to something not otherwise like it using like or as
- simile
- a speech that a character gives while alone on stage reveals thoughts and character
- soliloquy
- a character that doesn't change the whole way thru
- static character
- outside narrorator, can get into a small group of people's heads and thoughts
- third person limited omniscient
- narrorator outside story can give everyone thought's and view
- third person omniscient
- dramatic work presents the downfall of a dignified character
- tragedy
- a figure of high standing who has a flaw that causes the character to fall from position
- tragic hero
- has elements of both light and dark in it, dramatic
- tragicomedy
- outside narrorator can only get into one person's head
- 3rd person limited
- A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.
- drama
- A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
- hyperbole
- The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
- symbolism