Literary Terms A-D
Across
- 3. A _____ is a long narrative poem that was usually sung
- 5. struggles in literature
- 7. the ___ appeared on stage un the Greek theater to make comments on the events in the play
- 9. is what a word implies
- 11. In classical tragedy, the resolution to the plot is called the
- 12. repetition of beginning consonant sounds as in Dickenson's " Success is Counted Sweetest"
- 13. Characters that change are
- 15. Norman Mailer's book about Marylyn Manroe is called
- 16. a brief story told to entertain
- 17. Character we usually call the bad guy
- 19. a/an ___ is a point by point comparison between
- 21. In Shakespeare's play play characters often turn and speak to the audience or just on character on stage. This is called a/an
- 22. The two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry usually at the end of the stanza is called a
- 23. Trying to make a decision about your life is a/an _ conflict
Down
- 1. is what a word means
- 2. unrhymed poetry written with an alternating pattern of stressed and unstressed
- 4. Repetition of consonant sounds within words such as Whitman's "when I head the learn'd astronomer"
- 6. A problem with another person is a/an __ conflict
- 8. The Diary of Anne Frank is a/an
- 9. the turning point in the story
- 10. Characters like the nurse in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet are there to provide
- 12. "in the time of my life, my bride, my lovely ivy," is an example of
- 14. Characters that stay the same
- 18. references to historical, literary, biblical, places, or events
- 20. There's a nice little green "un over thar on that thar bench" is
- 24. While books are divided into chapters, plays are divided into