Macbeth
Paper Towns
Vocab
Literary Terms
Chance
100

The title Macbeth earns upon coming back from war. 

Thane of Fife

100

For most of the novel, a paper town is considered this. 

A pseudovision/deserted subdivision 

100

Something given as payment or as reward for something else

Recompense

100

Compares two seemingly unlike things without using “like” or “as”

Metaphor

100

Time and place a story takes place. 

Setting

200

The prophecy that the witches give Banquo. 

He will be the father of kings. 

200

A paper town is later revealed to be this. 

A copyright infringement trap 

200

Self-governing; independent

Sovereign

200

The reader knows something that the characters do not

Dramatic Irony

200

The metaphorical thing that Lady Macbeth attempts to wash off of her hands.

Blood

300

The apparition missing from this list: An armed head, A crowned child holding a tree, and ________.

Bloody child

300

The group engaging in adult behavior in a youth’s decorated room for humor is considered a form of what. 

Irony

300

To be unclear or evasive in speech, in order to mislead or avoid commitment

Equivocate

300

A complex character with depth and and personalities 

Round

300

The literal, definitive meaning of something

Denotation

400

This man becomes king at the end of the play. 

Malcolm

400

Margo saying “I Will. Miss. Hanging. Out. With. You.”? foreshadows what. 

The closure and goodbye she is giving Quentin because she plans to leave.

400

A disturbance or disruption of a system at equilibrium

Perturbation

400

An animal, an object, force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

Personification

400

The lesson that Radar teaches Quentin. 

Not everyone is going to be who you want them to be. 

500

Fleas upon the death of his father. 

Fleance 

500

What is the significance of the titles of the three major parts of the novel?

They are all the metaphors that Quentin learns for how one can live his/her life.

500

Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

Congenital

500

A reference to something outside of the text such as a movie, song, or historical figure

Allusion

500

The apparition that came true in Macbeth.

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