📚 Part 1: Language Techniques Knowledge

1. Match each language technique to its correct definition:

Metaphor

Personification

Symbolism

Soliloquy

Foreshadowing

Giving human qualities to non-human things

A speech delivered alone on stage

Direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'

Using objects to represent deeper meanings

Hints about future events in the plot

2. Which dramatic devices create tension in Macbeth? (Select all that apply)

Dramatic irony

Foreshadowing

Soliloquy

Simple dialogue

🎭 Part 2: Text Analysis

Read this excerpt from Lady Macbeth's soliloquy (Act 1, Scene 5):

"Come, you spirits... unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, Stop up th' access and passage to remorse..."

3. Identify ONE example of personification in this excerpt and explain its effect:

Example: ________________________________

Effect: The personification suggests that ________________________________

4. What does the metaphor "Make thick my blood" symbolise about Lady Macbeth's character?

Her desire to become physically stronger

Her wish to suppress natural compassion and guilt

Her fear of being discovered

Her loyalty to Macbeth

5. Complete this analytical sentence about the dramatic effect:

The imperative commands "Come" and "Make" create a sense of _________________ because they show Lady Macbeth ________________________________.

6. How does this soliloquy foreshadow later events in the play?

✍️ Part 3: Creative Analysis & Extension

7. Choose ONE symbol from Macbeth (blood, sleep, crown, darkness) and explain how Shakespeare uses it throughout the play:

Symbol chosen: ________________________________

How it appears in different scenes:

What it represents about the themes:

8. Extension Activity: Compare a figurative language device from Macbeth to a modern text, film, or song. How do both texts use similar techniques to create effect?

Macbeth example: ________________________________

Modern text/film/song: ________________________________

Comparison and effect: