Macbeth vocab

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Archetypes: A pattern in literature found across various cultures. An archetype can be a plot, character, image, or setting, e.g., death and rebirth associated with winter and spring.

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A pattern in literature found across various cultures. An archetype can be a plot, character, image, or setting, e.g., death and rebirth associated with winter and spring.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Tragedy: A dramatic work presenting the downfall of a dignified character involved in significant events.

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A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character involved in historically, morally, or socially significant events.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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Tragic hero: A main character with a tragic flaw leading to destruction, set in motion by a decision often an error in judgment.

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Tragic hero

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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Dramatic irony

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Readers know more about a situation or character than the characters do.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

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Soliloquy

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A character speaks to themselves, expressing innermost thoughts as if thinking aloud.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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Aside: A short speech directed to the audience or another character, not heard by others on stage.

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Aside

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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Iambic pentameter

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A metrical pattern of five feet, each made up of two syllables: first unstressed, second stressed.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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Repetition: a technique where a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis.

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a technique where a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Parallelism

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the use of similar grammatical constructions to express related or equal ideas.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

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Rhetorical Question

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Does not require a reply; writers use them to suggest their arguments make the answer obvious.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5