Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Jasmine Ledford

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Across
  1. 3. a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character
  2. 11. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  3. 12. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
  4. 14. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
  5. 15. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter
  6. 18. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
  7. 19. 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.
  8. 23. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
  9. 24. is defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
  10. 25. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
  11. 26. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
Down
  1. 1. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  2. 2. 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
  3. 4. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  4. 5. a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
  5. 6. melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
  6. 7. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
  7. 8. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
  8. 9. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
  9. 10. love that is not returned
  10. 13. a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
  11. 16. 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
  12. 17. a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character
  13. 20. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
  14. 21. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
  15. 22. a warning or indication of a future event