Across
- 2. phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across
- 6. A character who provides a striking contrast to another character
- 8. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines
- 11. the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem
- 19. the repetition of vowel sounds
- 20. a word that sounds like what it means
- 21. leads to a tragic downfall.
- 25. Typically used by the lower-class characters, though upper-class characters can switch to this type of speech as well/everyday speech
- 27. the smaller sections of a play
- 29. the repeating of words or phrases
- 30. the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza
- 31. a longer form of poetry that tells an entire story, with a beginning, middle, and end/Contains all of the elements of a fully developed story, including characters, plot, conflict, and resolution
- 32. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas/typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
- 33. a play on words.
Down
- 1. gives human characteristics, such as emotions and behaviors, to non-human things, animals, and ideas
- 3. language that stimulates the reader’s senses
- 4. a ten-syllable line that contains five sets of two syllables, following a specific pattern of stresses.
- 5. an indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place, or event
- 7. the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables
- 9. a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker's personal emotions and feelings
- 10. this occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line
- 12. An extended speech by one character to other characters on stage.
- 13. a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using words such as “like” or “as”
- 14. Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a measurable meter.
- 15. a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words
- 16. words that sort of rhyme but not exactly
- 17. a unified group of lines in poetry
- 18. is torn by internal conflict; typically nobly born and who may have great influence in his or her society.
- 21. a drama in which a disastrous series of events happens to the hero.
- 22. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words
- 23. When a character directly addresses the audience while other characters are on stage; these characters do not hear the comments made.
- 24. the repetition of consonant sounds
- 26. irony when the audience is fully aware of the characters’ situations.
- 27. a speech delivered by a character while he/she is alone on stage.
- 28. the large section of play/Shakespeare plays contain five