HMH Macbeth Part 2

What is the purpose of a cast of characters in a Shakespearean tragedy?

• To list the actors and their roles

• To provide a preview of "who's who" and their relationships with one another

• To describe the setting of the play

• To outline the plot of the play

What do stage directions in a drama help the reader understand?

• The definitions of unfamiliar terms

• The theme of the play

• How events occur and how actions are performed

• The main conflict of the story

What are side glosses used for in a drama?

• To describe the main conflict

• To provide definitions and explanations of unfamiliar terms and expressions

• To list the cast of characters

• To outline the plot of the play

What is the theme in a literary work?

• The list of characters and their roles

• The setting and time period of the story

• The insight about life or human nature that the writer wants to communicate

• The sequence of events that make up the story

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is a literary device used by Shakespeare in Macbeth to explore themes related to ambition and power?

• Stage directions

• Character foils

• Side glosses

• Cast of characters

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What figure of speech presents ideas in opposition to each other to make a point?

• Hyperbole

• Metonymy

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which figure of speech exaggerates the importance or scope of something for effect?

• Antithesis

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Rhetorical questions are asked for what purpose?

• To get a direct answer

• To substitute something related to the subject

• To represent a part as the whole

• To make a point without expecting an answer

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What does metonymy substitute in its use? As seen in this example: “The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me / In borrowed robes?” (Act I, Scene 3, lines 108–109)

• A part for the whole

• An exaggeration for the actual

• Something related to the subject for the subject itself

• Opposite ideas for contrast

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is synecdoche used for in figurative language?

• To ask a question without expecting an answer

• To use a part to represent the whole

• To exaggerate something for effect

• To present ideas in opposition

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4