Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Xadie Smith

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Across
  1. 3. Make a joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word
  2. 4. Conversation between two or more people as feature of a book, play, or movie
  3. 7. When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
  4. 9. 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
  5. 10. Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter
  6. 15. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
  7. 16. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
  8. 18. Melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given up to the power of his mistress
  9. 19. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
  10. 21. Two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
  11. 23. 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
  12. 25. A remark or passage by a character in a play that is not intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
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 apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  3. 5. Love that is not openly reciprocated or understand as such by the beloved
  4. 6. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  5. 8. Be a warning or indication of a future event
  6. 9. An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
  7. 11. A prolonged armed struggle
  8. 12. A line of verse with five metrical feel, each consisting of one short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long (stressed) syllable
  9. 13. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
  10. 14. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
  11. 17. A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
  12. 20. A separate introductory section of a literacy or musical work
  13. 22. A group of performers who comment on the main action typically speaking and moving together
  14. 24. A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor