ENG II Final - Literary Terms & Devices

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Across
  1. 2. phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across
  2. 6. A character who provides a striking contrast to another character
  3. 8. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines
  4. 11. the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem
  5. 19. the repetition of vowel sounds
  6. 20. a word that sounds like what it means
  7. 21. leads to a tragic downfall.
  8. 25. Typically used by the lower-class characters, though upper-class characters can switch to this type of speech as well/everyday speech
  9. 27. the smaller sections of a play
  10. 29. the repeating of words or phrases
  11. 30. the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza
  12. 31. a longer form of poetry that tells an entire story, with a beginning, middle, and end/Contains all of the elements of a fully developed story, including characters, plot, conflict, and resolution
  13. 32. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas/typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
  14. 33. a play on words.
Down
  1. 1. gives human characteristics, such as emotions and behaviors, to non-human things, animals, and ideas
  2. 3. language that stimulates the reader’s senses
  3. 4. a ten-syllable line that contains five sets of two syllables, following a specific pattern of stresses.
  4. 5. an indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place, or event
  5. 7. the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables
  6. 9. a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker's personal emotions and feelings
  7. 10. this occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line
  8. 12. An extended speech by one character to other characters on stage.
  9. 13. a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using words such as “like” or “as”
  10. 14. Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a measurable meter.
  11. 15. a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words
  12. 16. words that sort of rhyme but not exactly
  13. 17. a unified group of lines in poetry
  14. 18. is torn by internal conflict; typically nobly born and who may have great influence in his or her society.
  15. 21. a drama in which a disastrous series of events happens to the hero.
  16. 22. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words
  17. 23. When a character directly addresses the audience while other characters are on stage; these characters do not hear the comments made.
  18. 24. the repetition of consonant sounds
  19. 26. irony when the audience is fully aware of the characters’ situations.
  20. 27. a speech delivered by a character while he/she is alone on stage.
  21. 28. the large section of play/Shakespeare plays contain five