Vocabulary
Macbeth
Terms
Short Stories
Shakespearean Terms
100
This word has synonyms such as weakness and fault
What is Achilles heel
100
This title was given to Macbeth as a reward for his bravery and loyalty
What is Thane of Cawdor
100
The main character that has the conflict
What is the protagonist
100
The king is Thebes
What is Creon
100
The name given to a line a verse that consists of five iambs
What is iambic pentameter
200
This word has synonyms such as fool or simpleton
What is Dunce
200
Shakespeare introduces this character for comic relief.
What is the Porter
200
The point of view when the story is told by one of the characters, referred to as "I"
What is first person point of view
200
The guests of Prospero lock themselves in the abbey to avoid this deadly disease
What is the Red Death
200
This verse has no rhyme, but usually uses iambic pentameter
What is blank verse
300
This word has synonyms such as evil and wicked
What is nefarious
300
Something goes wrong with the plan to kill Duncan, what does Lady Macbeth have to take care of?
What is the daggers
300
A word, place, character or object that means something beyond its literal level
What is a symbol
300
Poe attempts to relay this message or theme in The Masque of Red Death
What is Wealth cannot protect one from death
300
This type of verse has a regular meter and the lines end in a rhyme
What is Rhymed Verse
400
This word has synonyms such as fanciful and imaginary
What is Chimerical
400
In Act V, Lady Macbeth experiences this symptom from her guilt
What is sleepwalking
400
The struggle between opposing forces in a story or play
What is Conflict
400
The old fakir put the spell on the monkey's paw to prove that this rules people lives, and those who interfere with it do so to their sorrow
What is Fate
400
The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken
What is Stress
500
This word has synonyms such as trifle and inadequacy
What is Pittance
500
Duncan's sons are accused of the murder of their father, this act caused them to be accused of the deed.
What is fleeing from the scene
500
The literal or dictionary meaning of a word
What is Denotation
500
Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed this was the reason why she wrote The Yellow Wallpaper
What is To save people from being driven crazy
500
This term refers to written or spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical structure
What is Prose
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