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Macbeth - subject terminology
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- 1AntithesisTwo opposite ideas that are put together to achieve a contrasting effect
- 2AsideWhen a character speaks in such a way that some of the characters on stage do not hear what is said, while others do. Sometimes it can be used as a direct address to the audience
- 3Blank verseUnrhymed verse with carefully placed stressed and unstressed syllables (unrhymed iambic pentameter)
- 4Comic reliefHumorous content in a dramatic or literacy work intended to offset more serious episodes (the porter scene act 2 scene 3)
- 5ConnotationAn idea or feeling linked to the main meaning of a word - what it implies or suggests in addition to its literal meaning
- 6DialogueA conversation between two or more characters
- 7DoggerelBad verse - rough and clumsy attempt at speaking in verse
- 8Dramatic ironyWhen the audience knows something about a character or plot that the character on the stage is not aware of
- 9ForeshadowingTo suggest that something unpleasant will happen later on in the text
- 10HyperboleThe use of exaggeration in a text
- 11ImageryThe use of metaphorical language
- 12IronyDirectly contradicting the truth
- 13MetaphorA comparison in which one thing is said (or implied) to be another
- 14PathosMoment in a work of art or literature which evoke strong feelings of pity or sorrow
- 15PersonificationA type of metaphor in which things or ideas are treated as if they are human
- 16ProseWriting that follows the style of normal speech
- 17RepetitionRepeating the same word or phrase for effect
- 18SimileA comparison in which one thing is said to be 'like' or 'as' another
- 19SoliloquyA long speech given by a character, usually on stage, as if they are thinking aloud
- 20StichomythiaThe use of short, quick alternate lines in dialogue between two characters
- 21SymbolSomething which represents something else
- 22TragedyA play with an unhappy ending, usually involving the downfall of the main character
- 23Tragic flawA character flaw that causes the downfall of a character (sometimes referred to as hamartia or a fatal flaw)
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- (English) Year 10 Fichas sobre Macbeth - subject terminology, creado por Emily H el 01/03/2017.
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