Shakespeare Drama Terms Introduction

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Across
  1. 1. 2 lines of verse that rhyme “a”- “a”.
  2. 3. 4 rhymed lines that make take various forms (a-a-a-a, a-b-a-b, a-b-b-a, a-b-c-a). This is the most common stanza form in English verse.
  3. 7. 2 foot line
  4. 10. literature written to be performed.
  5. 12. 8 foot line
  6. 13. text of the play which includes dialogue and stage directions
  7. 15. Brief comments by an actor who addresses the audience but is assumed not to be heard by the other characters on the stage.
  8. 17. A subdivision of an act. A scene changes when the location or time of the action shifts.
  9. 19. 3 foot line
  10. 20. When the audience or another character knows something that, usually, the main character needs to know, but does not.
  11. 22. The pictures, furnishings, historical nuances, and so on, that provide the stage's background
  12. 24. Constructions that show where the drama place.
  13. 25. 6 foot line
  14. 27. pattern of rhythmic accents in verse form.
  15. 28. Extended speech by one character with others on stage.
  16. 29. 7 foot line
  17. 31. The lines spoken by the characters (2 or more).
  18. 32. lines of verse that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme.
  19. 34. Lines that give a hint or clue to future events.
  20. 37. two syllable foot pattern of unstressed, stressed
  21. 38. An indirect reference by causally mentioning something that is generally familiar (In literature we find many allusions to mythology, the Bible, history, etc.).
  22. 39. verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter.
Down
  1. 2. author of a play.
  2. 4. universal idea in a literary work.
  3. 5. 4 foot line
  4. 6. two syllable foot pattern of stressed, unstressed
  5. 8. A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.
  6. 9. 5 foot line
  7. 11. 1 foot line
  8. 14. the pattern or sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first sound is represented or designated as “a”, the second as “b”, and so on. When the first sound is repeated, it is designated again as “a”.
  9. 16. Words in a script--generally italicized--that direct an actor's (apart from his/her dialogue) actions, movements, attitudes and so forth throughout the play.
  10. 18. A bit of humor injected into a tragic play to relieve the heavy tension of tragic events.
  11. 21. A speech in which a character, alone on stage, addresses himself or herself; it is a dramatic means of letting the audience know the character's thoughts and feelings
  12. 23. 3 line stanza or three lines of verse within a larger unit that usually rhymes “a”- “a”- “a”
  13. 26. lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter.
  14. 30. A division or unit of a drama
  15. 33. contrasting characters.
  16. 35. three syllable foot pattern of unstressed, unstressed, stressed
  17. 36. three syllable foot pattern of stressed, unstressed, unstressed