Macbeth Pre-Reading (Lit Terms)

Define symbolism.

• The use of symbols to show the brand names of a character's material possessions in a text

• Visually descriptive and/or figurative language in a text

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities in a text

• Foreshadowing an event that will happen later in a text

What literary term do we use for visually descriptive and/or figurative language in a text?

• imagery

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What literary term is in use with the word life in the following: "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage."?

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

• imagery

• personification

What do we call the literary term for when an author makes a reference like the one in the following line from Macbeth: "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?"

• allusion

• imagery

• motif

• symbolism

What literary term do we use for parts of a text that hint at what will happen later in the text?

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What term do we give to a statement or idea in a text that may seem absurd or contradictory but yet can be true, or at least makes sense, like when witches tell Macbeth that his friend Banquo is "lesser than Macbeth and greater"?

• paradox

• allusion

• pathetic fallacy

• motif

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What type of irony is being used when the audience/reader knows more than the characters in the story?

• situational

• verbal

• lyrical

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What literary term do we use for when a character's dialogue is spoken for the audience's benefit but not heard by the other characters on the stage?

• paradox

• aside

• allusion

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What literary term do we use for a speech or long monologue that a character makes in a work of drama only to him or herself (and the audience).

• soliloquy

• allusion

• paradox

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What literary term do we use for the enemy of a main character in a text?

• protagonist

• antagonist

• anti-hero

• paradox