Macbeth vocab
Authored by Ashley Jewell
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Archetypes
an element or idea that recurs throughout a work of literature. Motifs, which are often collections of related symbols, help develop the central themes of a book or play
is a work with two levels of
meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one. In such a
work, most of the characters, objects, settings, and
events represent abstract qualities.
a pattern in literature
that is found in a variety of works from different
cultures throughout the ages. An archetype can be a
plot, a character, an image, or a setting. For example,
the association of death and rebirth with winter and
spring is an archetype common to many cultures.
a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
tragedy
a dramatic work that presents
the downfall of a dignified character who is involved
in historically, morally, or socially significant events.
a pattern in literature
that is found in a variety of works from different
cultures throughout the ages. An archetype can be a
plot, a character, an image, or a setting. For example,
the association of death and rebirth with winter and
spring is an archetype common to many cultures.
a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
a pair of statements or images in which the one reverses the other. The pair is written with similar grammatical structures to show more contrast.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
tragic hero
the use of similar
grammatical constructions to express ideas that are
related or equal in importance.
occurs when readers know
more about a situation or a character in a story
than the characters do.
a main character, who has a tragic flaw,
a quality that leads to his or her destruction. The
events set in motion by a decision
that is often an error in judgment
a technique in which a
sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis
or unity.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Dramatic irony
a technique in which a
sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis
or unity.
does not require a reply. Writers use them
to suggest that their arguments make the answer
obvious or self-evident.
when readers know
more about a situation or a character in a story
than the characters do.
a protagonist who has the
qualities opposite to those of a hero; he or she may be
insecure, ineffective, cowardly, sometimes dishonest
or dishonorable, or— most often—a failure.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Soliloquy
a technique in which a
sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis
or unity.
a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
a pattern in literature
that is found in a variety of works from different
cultures throughout the ages. An archetype can be a
plot, a character, an image, or a setting. For example,
the association of death and rebirth with winter and
spring is an archetype common to many cultures.
occurs when readers know
more about a situation or a character in a story
than the characters do.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Aside
a protagonist who has the
qualities opposite to those of a hero; he or she may be
insecure, ineffective, cowardly, sometimes dishonest
or dishonorable, or— most often—a failure.
an element or idea that recurs throughout a work of literature. often collections of related symbols, help develop the central themes of a book or play
is a short speech directed to
the audience, or another character, that is not heard
by the other characters on stage.
a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Iambic pentameter
a dramatic work that presents
the downfall of a dignified character who is involved
in historically, morally, or socially significant events.
the use of similar
grammatical constructions to express ideas that are
related or equal in importance.
the restating of
information in one’s own words.
a metrical
pattern of five feet, or units, each of which is made up
of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second
stressed.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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