Across
- 4. Words with a double meaning.
- 5. Ten syllables of five beats per line.
- 9. Vivid display of anger.
- 12. Words spoken to the 'side' when conversing. This is usually directed to the audience and is not heard by the other characters.
- 13. The action of this play shifts between various locations. There is no set, everything is portable.
- 14. The introductory words of the play before the first scene.
- 15. Two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought.
Down
- 1. A character who has the potential for greatness but has a fatal flaw that brings about their own downfall and that of other characters.
- 2. This occurs when there is a difference between what is known by the audience and what is known by the characters.
- 3. Overblown, irrational and flowery type of love that one would suffer from.
- 6. The concluding speech which follows the last scene of the play.
- 7. Speeches in which characters think out loud, alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience. Sometimes they are talking directly to the audience, sometimes not.
- 8. A play performed as part of the story for a dramatic purpose.
- 10. Unrhymed verse written in 'metre' (rhythm) called iambic pentameter.
- 11. A long speech or poem spoken by one character to another character in conversation.