Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Ella Taylor

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Across
  1. 4. rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry
  2. 5. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
  3. 8. irony that is in speeches or a situation that is understood by the audience but not the characters
  4. 12. figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  5. 14. a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way
  6. 15. conversation between two or more people in a book or play
  7. 17. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
  8. 19. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by a person in which the speaker reveals aspects of their character while describing a situation
  9. 20. a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending
  10. 21. figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind
  11. 22. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, or a topic
  12. 23. the formation of a word from a sound associates with what it is named
  13. 25. the ordered pattern at the end of the lines of a poem or verse
  14. 26. when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage.
Down
  1. 1. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
  2. 2. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object it is not literally applicable
  3. 3. a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces
  4. 6. character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the abject to highlight the trait of the other
  5. 7. love that is not felt or returned
  6. 9. a separate introductory section of a literary work
  7. 10. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
  8. 11. to show or indicate beforehand
  9. 13. a melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
  10. 16. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each with one short and one long syllable
  11. 18. act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
  12. 24. a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song and dance