Repetition of vowel sounds with different consonant endings

Irony is most simply defined as

contrast between expectation and reality

Reference to a historical/fictional person, place or event.

Conflict (in Literature)

a struggle between opposing forces that moves plot forward

Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word.

a comedic moment in a serious drama

Variety of a language spoken in one region.

Fig. of speech addressing object or absent/imaginary person

Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter

attitudes associated with a word

Techniques a writer uses to develop characters

Remark in an undertone to audience or character.

Hints about what will happen later

Two things compared at length & in various ways w/o like/as

seems contradictory but is true

Shakespeare's plays are always about

Order being destroyed then restored.

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Literary Terms--Macbeth

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Assonance
When the sounds of vowels and whatever follows are identical
Rhyming that occurs within a single line
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Repetition of vowel sounds with different consonant endings
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Irony is most simply defined as
contrast between expectation and reality
megalodon
the most important element of poetry
expectations turning into reality
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A speech revealing a character's thoughts is a
synecdoche
catastrophe
aside
soliloquy
4
The tragic hero in Macbeth is
Lady Macbeth
Ambition
The original Thane of Cawdor
Macbeth
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Allusion
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Reference to a historical/fictional person, place or event.
A story in which characters personify abstract qualities.
Poetry written from 700-1200 A.D., recited by a scop
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Conflict (in Literature)
a struggle among writers and directors to rehearse a play
religious tensions present in Shakespeare's England
an argument between students & teachers about dramatic works
a struggle between opposing forces that moves plot forward
7
Consonance
Absence of repeated consonant sounds.
Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word.
Synonym of alliteration.
All the letters that aren't vowels. And sometimes Y.
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The protagonist's main flaw in a tragedy is called a
tragic flaw
complex
psychopathology
literary conflict
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Couplet
A car with two doors.
Two people going to the junior formal together.
Two of anything.
A rhymed pair of lines.
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The arrangement of a poem is called its
Theme
Style
Class
Form
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Which is NOT a motif in Macbeth?
Music
Nature and animals
Violence against children
Sleep
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comic relief
a time for comedians to rest backstage
a comedic moment in a serious drama
a serious moment in a comedy
a dramatic moment in a silly story
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Dialect
A synonym for language.
Synonym for jargon, i.e., how doctors speak together.
Conversation between two characters in a play.
Variety of a language spoken in one region.
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Apostrophe
Brief statement that expresses an observation in a witty way
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Fig. of speech addressing object or absent/imaginary person
Writing or speech intended to convince and audience
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Blank Verse
Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter
Irregular poetry pattern
Rhymed poetry in iambic pentameter
Unrhymed poetry in any meter
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Words that convey sensory experiences
Imagery
Iambic Pentameter
Poetry
Megalodon
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If you say "let's get a burger" and you mean "let's get a meal of a burger, fries, and soda"
catastrophe
apostrophe
tragic flaw
synecdoche
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Which characters unknowingly reveal wise truths?
Kings and queens
Children and lower classes
noblemen
soldiers and servants
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Connotation
attitudes associated with a word
It's kind of like an annotation
literal meaning of a word
None of the above
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Characterization
Opinions readers have about characters.
Techniques a writer uses to develop characters
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Aside
Statement that expresses an observation in a witty way.
Remark in an undertone to audience or character.
Speaking to an object, idea, or absent/imaginary person.
Speech or writing to convince people.
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How are motifs and themes connected?
They are exactly the same thing.
They are totally unrelated.
Motifs help develop themes.
We never discussed this. I will complain to guidance.
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Poetry without regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme is called
Free Verse
Sonnet
Macbeth
Blank Verse
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Foreshadowing
A foreward to a play. Similar to an introduction.
Hints about what will happen later
Direct information about what will happen later.
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Extended Metaphor
Two things compared at length using "like" and "as."
Two things compared at length & in various ways w/o like/as
A type of play in which the whole play is one metaphor.
A metaphor about an idealized topics.
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The most common rhythm is poetry is
Crispin Crispianus
Trochaic Tetrameter
Iambic Pentameter
Megalodon
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A hero in literature is generally
The bravest character
Someone who saves the main character
The central character
A criminal
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paradox
is an important question about what is true
can never be true
seems contradictory but is true
is usually false
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Shakespeare's plays are always about
Stupid or cruel kings.
The supernatural.
Violence against children.
Order being destroyed then restored.

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