Across
- 1. A form of understatement using no or not
- 5. Act one of a play
- 7. Formal use of irony
- 8. Calling something by what it is closely associated with
- 9. Speech or chorus before the curtains open
- 12. When there is a difference between expectation and reality
- 14. Words that resemble sounds
- 17. Short stage whisper
- 18. Giving hints as to what will happen next
- 22. Comparison using like or as
- 23. Author's attitude toward his subject
- 24. Opposes the central character
- 25. Central character
- 26. characters who are opposite
- 27. Unraveling of the plot
Down
- 2. Speech made by a character to the audience
- 3. Minor division in a play
- 4. Plot manipulation to achieve a happy ending
- 6. Speech or chorus after the curtains close
- 9. Giving non humans human characteristics
- 10. Putting two thing together that do not belong
- 11. Opposites not side by side
- 13. Major division in a play
- 15. Play on words
- 16. When the audience knows something that a character does not
- 19. Contradiction in meaning
- 20. Direct comparison
- 21. To say one thing but mean another