romeo and juliet
Across
- 5. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
- 8. two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
- 10. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
- 13. (of a group of people) say the same thing at the same time.
- 14. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long
- 18. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 21. denoting a sonnet of the kind used by the Italian poet Petrarch, with an octave rhyming
- 23. one-sided love
- 25. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Down
- 1. 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
- 2. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
- 3. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
- 4. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
- 6. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
- 7. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
- 8. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person
- 9. to one side; out of the way
- 11. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
- 12. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
- 15. a poem of fourteen lines
- 16. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 17. rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
- 19. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
- 20. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
- 22. excessive pride in oneself
- 24. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.