Poetry Terms
Repetition of vowel sounds in repeated words in lines of poetry
Assonance
King Duncan
Distracting by diverting attention to another issue
Red Herring
End words, paired, that seem to rhyme, but that don't exactly rhyme
Slant Rhyme
How many witches were in the story?
3
Personal Attack
Repetition of consonant sounds in repeated lines of poetry
Alliteration
Who kills Macbeth in the end of the book?
Macduff
Singling a person out as a target
Scapegoating
Speaking to something that can't speak back
How does Macbeth kill King Duncan?
With a dagger in the night
Using the status of an expert to substitute for the responsibility of being wrong
Metaphor
How many sons does King Duncan have?
2
One thing made to guarantee a series of bad consequences, one after the other
Slippery Slope