| Imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| Meter | a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables of poetry |
| Simile | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using connective words |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without connective words |
| Personification | a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human |
| Dramatic Irony | when the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story doesn’t |
| Plot | the series of related events that make up a story or a plot |
| Blank Verse | poetry in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Aside | private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience |
| Soliloquy | a long speech in which a character is usually alone onstage expressing ones feelings |
| Tragic Flaw | an error in judgment or characters weakness |
| Conflict | a struggle between opposing characters, forces, or emotions |
| Tragedy | a play, or novel in which the main character comes to an unhappy end |
Morgan Burcham Macbeth Notes
September 11, 2019