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Literary Devices and Poetic Structures in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
Literary Devices and Poetic Structures in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
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1
How do you identify prose in a Shakespeare play?
It has no meter OR rhyme
Some lines start with capital letters and some don't
All of these
The character is poor, crazy, or reading a letter
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Why did Shakespeare use so much imagery in his plays?
All of these
To confuse English students 400 years in the future (probably)
To show how his characters are feeling
To create vivid scenery and mood for his audience without fancy sets
3
You're feeling confident about the assessment task tomorrow
Ring the alarum bell! (PLEASE HELP ME)
If fate will have me pass, then fate may give me an At Standard (MAYBE)
And if I should fail? (NO)
Fate doth seem to have me crowned withal (YES)
4
Why DID Shakespeare write soliloquies, then?
To highlight a character's inner conflict and turmoil
To show the character's 'true self' to the audience
All of these
To engage the audience by making the character seem complex and real
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Why did Shakespeare use antithesis?
To create a sense of chaos or 'wrongness'
To suggest that a character might be untrustworthy
To show when characters are feeling confused or conflicted
All of these
6
Dramatic irony is...
When the audience knows something important that a character doesn't know
SHARK
The 'big idea' explored in a text
Using a concrete object to represent an abstract idea
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Blank verse has...
No meter and no rhyme
Rhyme but no meter
Meter but no rhyme
Meter and rhyme
8
This quote from Duncan in Act I scene vi is an example of...
Dramatic irony and antithesis
Imagery and rhyming verse
Imagery and dramatic irony
Soliloquy and imagery
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What type of structure is used in this quote from 'Macbeth'?
The first recorded knock-knock joke
Prose
Blank verse
Rhyming verse
10
Characters who speak WITHOUT using iambic pentameter could be...
Either
Supernatural, magical, and possibly untrustworthy
Conflicted, tormented, or not in their right mind
Neither, they are perfectly normal and everything is FINE
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What is a soliloquy?
A reference to another text
A character speaking about their feelings (to themselves and the audience)
A speech meant to persuade or inspire
A character lying by telling a deliberately vague truth
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Blank verse is spoken by what kind of character in Shakespeare's plays?
Witches acting suspiciously on a blasted heath
Crazy people
Peasants and servants
Noble-born men and women (the main characters)
13
Shakespeare used dramatic irony to engage the audience by building tension and suspense
False
True
14
What features can be found in this quote from 'Macbeth'?
Iambic pentameter
Imagery
SHARED iambic pentameter
All this and MORE!
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Antithesis is when two opposing ideas or images are placed together to highlight their difference or contrast
False
True
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A soliloquy is just there to give the other actors time to change costumes backstage
True
False
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Okay, but surely THIS is a soliloquy, right?
False
True
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What features can be found in this quote from 'Macbeth'?
Rhyming verse
Imagery
Antithesis
All three!
19
Iambic pentameter has...
A rhythm like a heartbeat
The emphasis on the even beats
Ten beats (syllables) per line
All of the above
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What is imagery?
Using pictures as well as words
Something that is made-up or not real
Descriptive language related to the five senses
An adult butterfly
