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Rhetorical Appeals
100

Duncan trusted him, but ends up having him killed for treason. (His title)

What is The Thane of Cawdor?

100

Begins the play as a celebrated and loyal soldier, but soon changes.

Who is Macbeth?

100

What does Macbeth see right in front of him before he goes to kill Duncan- but it might be a hallucination?

What is a dagger?

100

How Lady Macduff feels about her husband's absence.

What is that Lady Macduff is upset that he's gone and feels he's abandoned his wife and children?

100

The rhetorical strategy that appeals to emotion.

What is pathos?

200

Banquo's son

Who is Fleance?

200

Questions her husband's absence before she is killed

Who is Lady Macduff?

200

Why Malcolm and Donalbain flee from Macbeth's castle.

What is because they fear for their safety.

200

The meaning and prophecy of the bloody child?

What is that no man of woman born can harm Macbeth?

200

The rhetorical strategy in which the writer or presenter establishes his/her credibility and knowledge, as well as their good moral character

What is ethos?

300

Provides comic relief- which includes some 'potty talk'.

Who is the Porter?

300

Was killed because of a prediction about his children

Who is Banquo?

300

Acts crazy at the coronation banquet

Who is Macbeth?

300

The meaning and prophecy of the crowned child with a tree in his hand.

What is that Macbeth will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane?

300

The rhetorical strategy that appeals to logic

What is logos?

400

Is haunted by guilt and commits suicide.

Who is Lady Macbeth?
400

Crowned king after Macbeth

Who is Malcolm?

400

True/False:  By the end of the play, Macbeth thinks more carefully before he acts.

What is false?

400

The reason Macduff is technically not "of woman born"

What is that he was born by C-section (He was "from his mother's womb untimely ripped")?

400

Presenting extensive research, including statistics and detailed facts in order to persuade an audience that they should stop smoking is an example of this rhetorical appeal.

What is logos?
500

The witches warn Macbeth about this character. 

Who is Macduff?

500

Duncan's son who flees to Ireland?

Who is Donalbain?

500

The reason Lady Macbeth cannot kill the king

What is that he looks like her father.

500

Who or what appears at Macbeth's coronation banquet? 

What is Banquo's ghost?

500

Citing from a well respected doctor and a famous celebrity to persuade an audience that they should never smoke

What is ethos?