Literary Terms & Shakespeare Stuff!

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Across
  1. 2. A drama in which a character is brought to a disastrous end
  2. 3. The formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem
  3. 6. A long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters
  4. 10. Repeating unit of meter within lines of poetry, usually with a set number of syllables
  5. 11. A character's words spoken in an undertone to the audience or character, not meant to be heard by another character
  6. 12. A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts aloud
  7. 13. A poetic stanza consisting of four lines
  8. 14. A contrast between what the audience knows and what a character does not know
  9. 16. The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
  10. 17. A contrast between what is expected and what really happens
  11. 19. A contrast between what is said and what is meant
  12. 20. The repetition of a sound at the beginnings of neighboring words
Down
  1. 1. A traditional form of rising meter consisting of lines containing five feet
  2. 4. The form of English in which Shakespeare wrote
  3. 5. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
  4. 7. A 14-line poem written in a particular meter and using a standard rhyme scheme
  5. 8. The repetition of a vowel sound in neighboring words
  6. 9. The repetition of a consonant sound in neighboring words
  7. 15. The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings; a play on words
  8. 18. A metrical foot that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable