The correct answer is: D: William Shakespeare was not knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for his contributions to literature and the arts. All other statements are true. Shakespeare is indeed considered the greatest English-language playwtight. Some of his most important plays are: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc. He also composed poems, and created about 1700 words by changing verbs into adjectives, nouns into verbs, <span>connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original. His plays were about history and romance, as well as other topics.</span>
