Drama Terms & Shakespeare Introduction

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Across
  1. 3. four lines that alternate rhyme scheme
  2. 6. two rhyming lines at the end of a sonnet
  3. 8. theater that Shakespeare's plays were performed in
  4. 9. a section of an act that reveals the setting
  5. 11. a character that is used to contrast another
  6. 15. first name of Shakespeare wife
  7. 17. a defect in a character that leads to their downfall
  8. 18. providing humor in a serious situation
  9. 19. a long speech; internal conflict; self-talk
  10. 20. a serious play with an unfortunate ending
Down
  1. 1. a long speech given by a character to another character on stage
  2. 2. a 14 lined poem with a couplet
  3. 4. amount of kids that Shakespeare had
  4. 5. irony when the audience knows more than the characters on stage
  5. 7. a introduction giving crucial background info
  6. 10. audience's emotional response to a tragedy; purging of pity/sympathy
  7. 12. a play on words
  8. 13. month that Shakespeare was born and died in
  9. 14. a major division of a play
  10. 16. a brief statement made to the audience