Macbeth, Part 5: Figurative Language and Mood (continued) — Quiz
Question 6 • English 2
Read the excerpt from act 4 scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. The witches are gathered around their cauldron, creating a potion. First Witch: Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. Second Witch: Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Third Witch: Harpier cries ’Tis time, ’tis time. First Witch: Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. Which quotation from the text contains an example of onomatopoeia?
Answer
A
“Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.”
B
“Harpier cries ’Tis time, ’tis time”
C
“Round about the cauldron go”
D
“In the poison’d entrails throw”
Explanation
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates a sound. In “Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d,” the word “mew’d” imitates the sound a cat makes, so this quotation contains onomatopoeia. The other choices do not include a word that directly mimics a sound.
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