Macbeth Literary Terms and Summary

Literary work that shows the downfall of a noble or outstanding person partly through his or her own fault

• Romance
• Tragedy
• Paradox
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

A noble or outstanding character who through choice and chance is caught up in a sequence of events that ends in disaster

• Tragic Hero
• Paradox
• Motif
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A seemingly contradictory statement that proves to be true

• Blank Verse
• Aside
• Motif
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A mental, emotional, or moral struggle within a character

• Comic Relief
• Internal Conflict
• Personification
• External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

A struggle between a character and an external force

• Internal Conflict
• Simile
• External Conflict
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

• Trochaic Tetrameter
• Blank Verse
• Metaphor
• Aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

One character alone on stage sharing his or her thoughts

• Aside
• Dramatic Irony
• Paradox
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Props conveyed through words

• Aside
• Verbal Scenery
• Dramatic Irony
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

A dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience

• Aside
• Soliloquy
• Dramatic Irony
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.7

Surprising or amusing contradictions

• Soliloquy
• Motif
• Irony
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3