Literary Terms
When a character makes a speech alone on stage.
What is an aside?
What is the following an example of?
"Are you kidding me?"
What is a rhetorical question?
A one dimensional character.
What is a flat character?
What S.T.E.A.L term would I be working with if I notice a character keeps changing their story and might be lying?
What is Speech?
What is the setting of the play Macbeth?
What is Scotland?
The direct opposite of someone or something.
What is antithesis?
What is the following an example of?
"This homework is going to take us a million years!"
What is hyperbole?
A complex character with a fleshed out personality.
What is a round character?
What S.T.E.A.L term would I be working with if I notice everyone in the room jumps in fear when a character walks in?
What is Effect on Others?
Lady Macbeth attempts to manipulate her husband into murdering the King by attacking what?
What is his manhood?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
What is the following an example of?
"To be, or not to be?" - Hamlet
What is antithesis?
A character that undergoes significant change throughout a story.
What S.T.E.A.L term would I be working with if I notice that when my character is stressed, they are impulsive and do things without questioning?
What are Actions?
How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plan to get away with murder?
What is by blaming others for the murder?
A speech not intended for other characters to hear, just audience members.
What is a soliloquy?
What is the following an example of?
Macbeth vs. Banquo -- unchecked ambition vs. honorable restraint.
What is a character foil?
A character that stays the same throughout the entire story.
What is a static character?
What S.T.E.A.L term would I be working with if I notice a character's tone suddenly shifts to anger within a conversation?
What are Thoughts?
What theme is portrayed by the witches line in Act 1, "All is foul, and foul is fair"?
What is appearances can be deceiving?
A part is meant to represent the whole or vice versa.
What is synecdoche?
What is the following an example of?
"All hands on deck!"
What is synecdoche?
Characters who highlight each other’s characteristics or personality traits.
What is a character foil?
What S.T.E.A.L term would I be working with if I notice that a character is always wearing a fancy suit and tie?
What is Looks?
What are the three titles that the witches give to Macbeth?
What are Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and King?