Lit FA

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Across
  1. 1. Definition: A contradiction between what the reader knows and the what the character thinks. Example: “O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Shakespeare 5.3 119-120)
  2. 4. Definition: A major flaw that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero. Example: “O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Shakespeare 5.3 119-120)
  3. 7. Definition: A figure of speech comparing things without using like or as. Example: “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” (Shakespeare 2.2 3)
  4. 8. Definition: A speech made by one character in a story. Example: “In faith, I will. Let me peruse this face. Mercurio’s kinsman, noble Country Paris!…” (Shakespeare 5.3 74-120)
  5. 9. Definition: A message from a piece of literature that shows an inside to life. Example: “Have lost a brace of kingsman. All are punished.” (Shakespeare 5.3 295)
  6. 10. Definition: A conversation between multiple characters that is punctuated by quotation marks. Example: “Sampson: Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals. Gregory: No, for then we should be colliers.“ (Shakespeare 1.1 1-2)
Down
  1. 2. Definition: A piece of literature that results in a bad ending for the protagonist. Example: “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. (Shakespeare 5.3 309-310)
  2. 3. Definition: The main character. Example: “Which, but their children’s end” (Shakespeare Prologue 11)
  3. 5. Definition: When the author shows clues about an event that happens later in the story before it actually happens. Example: Friar: “These violent delights have violent ends.” (Shakespeare 2.6 9)
  4. 6. Definition: A comparison of things using like or as. Example: “And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” (Shakespeare 2.6 10-11)