Macbeth: key terminology

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opposite/contrast
antithesis
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a remark only heard by audience
aside
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when audience knows things that the characters don't
dramatic irony
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a line of verse- w 5 metrical feet, each w 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable
iambic pentametre
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2 things closely placed w contrasting effect
juxtaposition
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long speech by 1 actor
monologue
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a dominant/recurring idea
motifs
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a person/thing w contradictory features/qualities
paradox
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a group of words relating to a common theme/motif
semantic field
9 of 10
speaking one's thoughts aloud
soliloquy
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Card 2

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a remark only heard by audience

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aside

Card 3

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when audience knows things that the characters don't

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Card 4

Front

a line of verse- w 5 metrical feet, each w 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable

Back

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Card 5

Front

2 things closely placed w contrasting effect

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