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WorksheetsHMH Macbeth Part 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 25mins
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
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
What figure of speech presents ideas in opposition to each other to make a point?
Hyperbole
Metonymy
Antithesis
Synecdoche
Which figure of speech exaggerates the importance or scope of something for effect?
Antithesis
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
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
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
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
This is a character that makes another character stand out by sharply contrasting one another.
allusion
foil
blank verse
pun
What is a synonym of the following: encompass, compose, constitute?
compromise
comprise
brandish
extirpate
the occurrence or frequency of occurrences of something undesirable
paradigm
incidence
migrate
advocate
verb - to be made up of
COMPRISE
INOPORTUNE
PINNACLE
SUPPLE
What word means, "something that is more important than something else?"
priority
resist
enhance
truancy
last or most important
ultimate
varying
feat
compose
"I see many new faces here tonight" is an example of:
Metonymy
A motif is:
The message of the story
A recurring symbol which takes on a figurative meaning
The plot of a story
The setting of a story
