Set: Macbeth Vocab Lit Terms

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Term Definition
Antagonist Blocks main character
Aside Private words heard by the audience
Blank Verse Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter.
Character Individual in a story
Climax Turning point in a story
Comic Relief Amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action.
Complication Starts rising action of plot
Context Gives meaning to actions/behavior
Contrast Show opposite of something
Dumb Show A part of a play without speaking
External Conflict A struggle between the protagonist and some outside force
Irony A technique of indication, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
Metaphor Figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
Meter The measured arangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, syllabic quantity, or the number of syllables in a line
Mood Feeling at a particular time in a literary work
Paradox A Contradiction
Parody A humorous or satifical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
Pentameter A line of five metrical feet
Protagonist Leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work
Resolution How the plot is unraveled
Rising Action Action that leads to turning point
Soliloquy An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any fearers present
Suspense A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement
Symbol A material object representing something, often something immaterial
Theme Central idea of a story
Tragedy Play/novel that depicts serious events, hero becomes unhappy in the end
Tragic Hero A literary character who makes an error of judgement or has a fatal flaw combined with fate and external forces
Turning Point Turning point in a story (Same as Climax)
Allusion A passing or casual reference
Catharsis The purging of the emotions that the audence experiences
Personification The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions
Couplet A pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme
Tragic Flaw The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy
Foil To keep a person from succeeding in an plan
Nemesis An opponent or rival whom a person cannot defeat
Plot Storyline, the plan, scheme, or main strory of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel or short story

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Creator LiquidShadows
Created January 29, 2007
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Some Literary Terms for Macbeth. Tinora High School

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LiquidShadows : Changed Turning Point → Turning point in a story to Turning Point → Turning point in a story (Same as Climax)
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  1. External Conflict → A struggle between the protagonist and some outside force - 2 misses
  2. Irony → A technique of indication, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. - 2 misses
  3. Suspense → A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement - 2 misses
  4. Antagonist → Blocks main character - 1 miss
  5. Aside → Private words heard by the audience - 1 miss
  6. Climax → Turning point in a story - 1 miss
  7. Complication → Starts rising action of plot - 1 miss