Romeo and Juliet Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. be a warning or indication of (a future event)
  2. 7. two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
  3. 9. (in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment on the main action, typically speaking and moving together
  4. 11. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
  5. 12. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short
  6. 14. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
  7. 15. a word that phonetically imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes
  8. 19. not reciprocated or returned in kind
  9. 21. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe
  10. 22. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
  11. 23. rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
  12. 24. 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
  13. 25. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
Down
  1. 1. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
  2. 2. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  3. 3. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
  4. 4. which had become a cliché by the time Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet
  5. 6. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  6. 7. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events
  7. 8. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
  8. 10. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
  9. 13. a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
  10. 16. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
  11. 17. a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
  12. 18. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter
  13. 20. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie