Macbeth Literary Devices Practice

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Who speaks this?

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The three witches say this before meeting with Macbeth to give him the prophecy.

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." This is an example of...

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alliteration and parallelism

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Alliteration is...

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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Parallelism is...

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Two or more elements of a sentence have the same grammatical structure.

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“Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires.” - Macbeth after _____ is named Prince of Cumberland by Duncan.

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Malcolm

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“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.” This is an example of...

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personification

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Personification: Assigns human qualities to non-human things.

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Assigns human qualities and attributes to objects or other non-human things.

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In Acts I and II, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth express their innermost thoughts through a...

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soliloquy

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“By his loved mansionry, that the heaven’s breath smells wooingly here.” This is an example of...

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personification

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Lady Macbeth: "Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it". This is an example of...

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simile