Macbeth Act I Literary Terms

Question 1

When the audience knows something that the characters don't know, this is called ...

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dramatic irony

Question 2

When a writer uses two rhyming lines together in poetry, this is called a ...

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couplet

Question 3

A poet uses iambic pentameter. How many syllables does the line usually contain?

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10

Question 4

"Meter" is another way of saying a poem has ...

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rhythm

Question 5

True or False: Reading Shakespeare is always difficult.

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False

Question 6

A reference to a work of literature, music, art, etc. within a work of literature is called ...

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allusion

Question 7

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and fiflthy air." This is a ...

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couplet

Question 8

To whom does a character delivering a soliloquy speak?

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him or herself, the audience

Question 9

To which of the following senses should images appeal?

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sound, smell, touch, sight

Question 10

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of ...

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antithesis

Question 11

How many characters are involved in a soliloquy?

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1

Question 12

When a character says the opposite of what he or she really means, this is an example of ...

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verbal irony

Question 13

The conversations a playwright creates for characters to have is usually called ...

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dialogue

Question 14

When characters have a conversation the other characters are not meant to hear, it's a(n) ...

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aside

Question 15

When your teacher asks you to examine the syntax, you should look at ...

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sentence structure

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