Shakespeare
Across
- 3. unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
- 6. speech by one character in a play.
- 10. lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes
- 12. combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp).
- 13. who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way.
- 14. irony-the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
Down
- 1. that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
- 2. a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
- 4. a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
- 5. unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
- 7. group who says things at the same time
- 8. irony-a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
- 9. or detail that is inappropriate for the time period.
- 11. a story written to be acted for an audience.