Macbeth Pre-Read Vocab

A type of drama or literature that shows the downfall of a notable outstanding person.

• Tragic Hero

• Tragedy

• Tragic Flaw

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

The protagonist (or the leading character) in a tragic piece of literature. This kind of character has a tragic flaw.

• Tragic Hero

• Tragedy

• Tragic Flaw

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero. The weakness of the hero.

• Tragic Hero

• Tragedy

• Tragic Flaw

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

The release or purging of emotions as the audience experiences a tragedy. A moral or spiritual sense of renewal, and audiences often describe feeling “lighter” after intensely emotional endings to a story.

• Motif

• Comic Relief

• Tragic Relief

• Catharsis

Breaks the tension in a dramatic scene and allows the audience a chance to experience a different emotion during a tense moment.

• Motif

• Comic Relief

• Tragic Relief

• Catharsis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

• Soliloquy

• Motif

• Blank Verse

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or REGARDLESS of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. (A long speech)

• Soliloquy

• Motif

• Blank Verse

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

A story structure where the reader has more information than the characters. The characters think one thing and the audience thinks another.

• Tragic Flaw

• Dramatic Irony

• Blank Verse

• Motif

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Blank verse is a type of poetry written in a regular meter that does not contain rhyme. Blank verse is most commonly found in the form of iambic pentameter.

• Tragic Verse

• Dramatic Irony

• Blank Verse

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

1. A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.

• Motif

• Aside

• Tragedy

• Catharsis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7