Macbeth Methods Flashcards
In Media Res
Starting the narrative in the middle of action.
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know or understand.
Subversion
Undermining a system or idea by making it go against the expected conventions.
Soliloquy
The act of speaking one’s thoughts out loud despite who hears.
Monologue
A long speech spoken by one character with no interruption.
Iambic Pentameter
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short unstressed syllable followed by one short stressed syllable.
Equivocation
The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds.
Paradox
A self-contradictory statement.
Motif
A recurring idea throughout a text.
Symbolism
The use of words to represent ideas and qualities.
Semantic Field
A collection of words used throughout a text that convey an idea.
Imagery
Descriptions that create an image of events, characters and settings.
Allegory
A text that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Foreshadowing
A warning or indication about a future event.
Personification
The attribution of human characteristics to something non human.
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds.
Juxtaposition
Opposite ideas presented within a text.
