Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Irony When the audience knows something important that the characters in the story do not know.
  2. 4. Hero A main character, usually noble or important, who has a flaw or makes a mistake that leads to their downfall.
  3. 5. Verse Poetry written in unrhymed lines but with a regular rhythm, often used in Shakespeare’s plays.
  4. 7. Plot A secondary storyline that develops alongside the main plot and connects to the main events or themes.
  5. 9. A figure of speech that combines two contradictory or opposite words (example: “sweet sorrow”).
  6. 10. Relief A humorous scene or character that provides a break from the serious or tragic parts of a play.
  7. 11. A brief remark made by a character that is heard by the audience but not by other characters on stage.
  8. 13. A type of wordplay that uses words with multiple meanings or similar sounds for humor.
Down
  1. 2. A type of drama in which the main character faces serious problems that usually lead to a sad or disastrous ending.
  2. 3. A story written to be performed by actors on a stage.
  3. 6. Pentameter A rhythm pattern with ten syllables per line, alternating unstressed and stressed syllables (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM).
  4. 7. An introduction at the beginning of a play that gives background information and prepares the audience for the story.
  5. 8. Character A character whose traits contrast with another character in order to highlight the other character’s qualities.
  6. 12. A speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud while alone on stage, revealing their inner feelings.