Macbeth Vocab 2025

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Across
  1. 2. (pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables)
  2. 4. (_______ language- words that are now considered outdated or old-fashioned)
  3. 5. (a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word, or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings)
  4. 6. SCHEME (pattern of rhyme in a stanza)
  5. 9. (reference to historical, mythical, or literary person, place or thing)
  6. 13. IRONY (when you reasonably expect one thing to happen and but something different ends up happening)
  7. 15. (repetition of initial consonant sounds within a series of words)
  8. 16. (deliberate/outrageous exaggeration)
  9. 17. (hint of what is to come, usually negative)
  10. 19. (comparison of two things using “like” or “as”)
Down
  1. 1. (combination of opposite terms into single expression)
  2. 2. (comparison without using “like” or “as”)
  3. 3. IRONY (when a character says one thing but means something else)
  4. 5. (attributing human qualities to inanimate objects)
  5. 7. IRONY (when the audience knows something that a character does not know)
  6. 8. ( pair of two rhyming lines with same meter)
  7. 10. PENTAMETER (5-footed line of 2-syllable feet with a unstressed/stressed pattern)
  8. 11. (the inversion of usual order of words/clauses)
  9. 12. (character speaks true thoughts alone on stage)
  10. 14. (an apparent contradiction which, after consideration, is true)
  11. 18. (words spoken by character on stage; only audience can hear)