Shakespeare Literary Device QUiz

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Across
  1. 2. A statement that seems contrary but may in fact be true.
  2. 5. / A misplacement of a person or object in time.
  3. 7. A dramatic element in classic tragedy; this is the turn of fate that leaves a tragic hero destitute.
  4. 8. To place side by side for the purpose of contrasting.
  5. 9. A double meaning that is present in a speech with the second meaning being obvious to the audience.
  6. 10. Elements include ghosts, theme of revenge and lurid happenings (murder, mutilation).
  7. 11. A literary device involving the personification of nature. Nature mirrors the state of man.
  8. 16. Pentameter / Five sets of an unaccented syllable paired with an accented syllable – ten syllables in all.
  9. 18. Narrative style in which one character speaks to one or more listeners whose replies are not given.
  10. 19. Two lines that rhyme. Commonly used by Shakespeare to sum up a scene.
  11. 22. A contrast emphasized by parallelism (similar order and structure in the make up of a sentence) To err is Human, to forgive divine.
  12. 25. / A speech, usually longer than an aside, made by a character alone on the stage.
  13. 27. A brief humorous scene, which serves as an interlude between scenes of high tension or drama.
  14. 29. A situation necessitating a choice between unpleasant alternatives.
  15. 30. Applied to dramatic representations that end in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist.
  16. 31. A paradoxical utterance that joins two terms that in ordinary usage are contraries. Jumbo shrimp!
  17. 32. Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
  18. 33. A conspicuous element such as a type of incident, device, reference, or formula, which occurs frequently in a work of literature.
Down
  1. 1. An indication of future events before they happen.
  2. 3. Pictures created through description or through figurative language. Imagery serves to highlight themes and create vivid pictures in the “mind’s eye” of the reader or audience.
  3. 4. The undoing or downfall, of the character. It provides the character with a reward for good deeds or punishment for evil deeds.
  4. 6. The reader or audience expects one thing to happen but another does.
  5. 12. The moment a tragic hero comes to realization of his or her errors. When the hero has a moment of insight (epiphany).
  6. 13. A Greek word meaning excessive or overbearing pride.
  7. 14. Person of stature who is neither villainous nor exceptionally virtuous.
  8. 15. An element of Shakespearean tragedy. It is tragic flaw (character flaw) leading to the protagonist’s downfall.
  9. 17. When the absent or dead person, an abstract quality or something non-human, addressed directly.
  10. 20. A character who, by his or her contrast to another character, brings out or highlights the personality of the latter.
  11. 21. The humorous use of words that have the same sound or spelling, but have different meanings.
  12. 22. A reference to history, the Bible, Classical mythology or other literature.
  13. 23. A deliberate exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.
  14. 24. An expression or idea, which has become overused.
  15. 26. A brief, often sarcastic or revealing comment made by an actor to the audience.
  16. 28. An element of Shakespearean tragedy. It is a sense of relief by the audience after the tragic hero’s demise.