romeo and juliet vocab crossword
Across
- 5. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
- 6. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 10. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
- 13. a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
- 16. refers to rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines.
- 17. the thing that drives the plot and fuels the action
- 20. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 21. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
- 22. love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such.
- 24. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- 25. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
- 26. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Down
- 1. a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way
- 2. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
- 3. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
- 4. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
- 7. when a characters dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
- 8. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
- 9. two character that have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
- 11. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker in advertantly reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.
- 12. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
- 14. a group that gives the audience key information or offers commentary
- 15. verse that has no rhyme scheme, but does have a regular meter (iambic pentameter)
- 18. a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
- 19. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form an unit
- 23. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid