WorksheetsMacbeth Literary Terms
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
The Popsicle was delicious, with it's sweet scent and fruity flavor.
personfication
imagery
hyperbole
What literary term do we use for visually descriptive and/or figurative language in a text?
imagery
symbolism
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
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
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
What type of irony is being used when the audience/reader knows more than the characters in the story?
situational
verbal
lyrical
dramatic
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
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
In Macbeth Scene 1 Act 1 is the _____ of the play, it introduces characters and establishes a plot.
Exposition
Beginning
Climax
A character that contrasts with the protagonist, in order to highlight character traits of the protagonist
static character
foil character
protagonist
stock character
dynamic character
Inconsistency in what’s expected and what actually happens
Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
