scene 1
scene 2
scene 3
scene 4
inverted pyramid
100
can't sleep so they take a walk
Who is Fleance and Banquo
100
her father
What is the reason Lady Macbeth couldn't kill Duncan (or so she says)?
100
Macduff and Lennox
Who comes knocking on that door?
100
it's daytime but it looks like night
How does Ross describe the strange day after Duncan's death?
100
Who what when where
What goes into the first sentence of a news article?
200
dreams of the weird sisters who showed some truth
What does Banquo tell Macbeth?
200
possets
What did Lady Macbeth put drugs in (another term for the guards bedtime drink)?
200
chimneys blown down, screams in the night, earthquakes
What are the signs of unrest foreshadowed in nature that night?
200
bribed the guards, stolen away and fled
What did Macduff say aboutthe two sons of the ex-king?
200
least important detial
What goes last in a news article?
300
"I think not of them."
What is Mabeth's reply to Banquo?
300
amen
What couldn't Macbeth say after he killed Duncan?
300
" gentle lady, 'Tis not for you to hear what I can speak"
What does Macduff tell Lady Macbeth when she enters?
300
named and gone to Scone to be invested
Where is Macbeth and why?
300
8th grade
What is he reading level of the average news article?
400
a hallucination, symbol of his mind's unrest
What is the dagger floating in the air?
400
plant the daggers on the guards and smear them with blood
What did Lady Macbeth do to make her actually guilty?
400
"Who can be wise, temp'rate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment?"
How does Macbeth explain why he kills the guards?
400
Colmekill
Where is Duncan's body?
400
order of importance, not chronological
How does a news reporter write the details in hir article?
500
lady Macbeth's sign, "a knell" for Duncan
What is the bell?
500
wake Duncan
What did Macbeth wish the knocking could do?
500
he's off to England; he's off to Ireland
Where does Malcolm go? Where does Donalbain go?
500
Fife
Where is Macduff going?
500
short, to the point, develops one detail only at a time
What is each paragraph of a newspaper article?
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