Macbeth Lit. Terms

making an extreme exaggeration

a character who has opposing characteristics to another, for the purpose of highlighting a particular trait

the use of comedy in a play to lighten a heavy scene

Poetry is also called ...

a comparison in which one thing is said to be like another

An apparently self-contradictory statement

the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Iambic pentameter that does NOT rhyme

a short comment that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters

when the audience is aware of something that the characters are not

giving an object or an idea human-like characteristics or abilities

a play on words, typically for comedic effect

a comparison in which one thing is said to be another

a reference to a well-known person, event, literary figure

a long speech that is intended to be heard by the audience in which a character voices his/her thoughts aloud