Across
- 5. Addressing a person who is absent or an abstract idea as if it could respond
- 6. A long speech by a character alone on stage revealing inner thoughts
- 7. Emotional atmosphere or feeling that a writer creates for the reader, established through descriptions of setting, characters, and events.
- 11. An extreme exaggeration for effect
- 12. When the audience knows something the characters do not
- 14. A play in which the main character suffers a downfall
- 15. The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds
- 17. A long narrative poem detailing heroic deeds
- 19. A reference to a well-known work, event, or figure
- 22. A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a deeper truth
- 23. A 14-line poem, written in iambic pentameter
- 25. Humor in a serious play that provides break from dramatic tension
- 26. The turn or shift in a sonnet’s argument or mood
- 27. A situation where there is a contrast between reality and expectations
- 28. Two lines of poetry that rhyme and usually complete a thought
- 29. An 8-line stanza or the first part of a Petrarchan sonnet
Down
- 1. Words with similar, but not identical, sounds (also called slant rhyme).
- 2. A brave and noble character admired for great achievements
- 3. A 6-line stanza or the final part of a Petrarchan sonnet
- 4. A line of poetry with 10 syllables in alternating unstressed/stressed rhythm
- 8. A phrase with two meanings, often one risqué or ironic
- 9. A compound metaphorical phrase (e.g., “sky-candle” for sun)
- 10. Giving human traits to nonhuman things
- 13. A reference specifically to events or figures from the Bible
- 16. A direct comparison between two unlike things
- 18. An extended metaphor with complex logic or surprising comparison
- 19. A brief comment by a character heard only by the audience while other characters are on stage.
- 20. A deliberate pause or break in a line of poetry
- 21. A stanza or poem of four lines
- 24. An indirect comparison using “like” or “as”