Shakespeare

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Across
  1. 2. A problem an individual has in his perspective or character.
  2. 5. A character who is not inherently bad but who makes a bad decision as the result of a tragic flaw.
  3. 7. Exaggeration; an obvious overstatement to make a point or emphasize meaning.
  4. 13. Incident The event that introduces the conflict and sets it in motion.
  5. 14. A description of the action surrounding a regrettable decision made by a character.
  6. 16. Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
  7. 18. Individuals around whom and about whom a story is told.
  8. 20. A connected series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal.
  9. 21. The time and place of a written piece.
  10. 23. When a reader or audience is made aware of important information that is unknown to a story's characters.
  11. 26. The final outcome of a story; the last element of the plot in which the major complications are explained or settled.
Down
  1. 1. When a speaker means something other than what he says.
  2. 3. descriptions based on sense perceptions that ignite audiences' imaginations and evoke ideas beyond the printed text or performed line.
  3. 4. An introduction to the setting, characters, and situation.
  4. 6. Action The events that follow the inciting incident and lead up to the crisis.
  5. 8. Mock praise; text meaning the opposite of what the speaker says.
  6. 9. The opposition of two or more characters or forces.
  7. 10. A brief disclosure made by one actor in the presence of other actors who, by convention, are thought not to hear him.
  8. 11. A story's mood or emotion that helps shape readers' expectations.
  9. 12. A recurring or emerging idea that provides coherence as it embodies and emphasizes a work's message.
  10. 15. The major turning point for the protagonist; when something happens that affects the outcome of the story and determines the future of the main character.
  11. 17. Action The events that unfold from the crisis and lead to the conclusion.
  12. 19. Text spoken by an actor who is alone or thinks he is alone on stage.
  13. 22. A type of classical drama that tells the stories of kings and nobles whose actions affected the destinies of nations.
  14. 24. The point at which the plot reaches the moment of highest emotional intensity.
  15. 25. A recurring or overarching message or idea in a work of literature.