Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Xadie Smith

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