Macbeth Act II Vocabulary, Craft, and Structure

A synonym for "counterfeit" is...

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

Allegiance means...

• Sneaky

• Longing

• Loyalty

• Break

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Slow and secretive is how the textbook explains the word...

• stealthy

• equivocate

• sacrilegious

• breach

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the best definition of a "breach" (now spelled "breech") in something?

• a break/hole made by breaking through

• covered by something

• a false imitation of something

• hide the truth

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Politicians are known to __________ when they speak.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

If someone treats a religious object, person, or belief with disrespect this is considered...

• completely normal

• sacrilegious

• counterfeiting

• somewhat problematic

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is an iambic foot?

• an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

• a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

• two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

• iambic pentameter

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Shakespeare uses _____ types of feet, or metrical units.

• two

• three

• four

• five

Answer explanation

Shakespeare is a master of structure--he structures the rhythmic organization of his lines in three ways.

What is a trochaic foot?

• an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

• a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one

• two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one

• blank verse

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which example best demonstrates a trochaic foot?

• Good sir, why do you start and seem to fear

• Our will

• If a man

• List'ning