Poetry/Theater Words To Know
Across
- 1. Meter used in Shakespeares sonnets - 10 syllables
- 5. The art of persuasion
- 6. Two lines next to each other having end rhyme
- 10. When the audience knows something the character doesn’t
- 13. A poem with 14 lines and a rhyme scheme
- 14. A humorous play
- 18. Paragraph of a poem
- 20. A play ending in downfall
- 21. A character that contrasts another character
- 22. No consistent rhyme pattern or meter
Down
- 2. A speech by one character
- 3. weakness of tragic hero that brings down fall
- 4. Long speech expressing a characters thoughts
- 7. A great hero designed for downfall
- 8. A consistent meter with no rhyme scheme
- 9. Opposite of what’s expected
- 11. Word choice devices that help with the art
- 12. Appeals to facts
- 15. A conversation
- 16. A live performance
- 17. Appeals to feelings and emotion
- 19. Words not meant to be heard by the audience
- 23. Appeals to ethics and credibility