romeo and juliet

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Across
  1. 3. falling action and resolution.
  2. 6. irony Device whereby the audience understands more (something important) than a character in the play
  3. 7. Words spoken by a character in an undertone not intended to be heard by other characters on stage
  4. 9. A long play is divided into these “chapters,” each one covering a large block of action
  5. 10. An adjective or phrase of descriptive characteristics
  6. 12. A 14 line poem that rhymes
  7. 14. The explaining of background information
  8. 18. A character delivers a memorized, formal speech
  9. 20. Meter A poetic foot of 1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllables
  10. 23. The use of hints or clues for events that will occur later in the plot
  11. 24. A main idea, subject of text or topic of discussion.
  12. 25. language “Out of date” language
  13. 28. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are
  14. 29. The reason a character has for acting or behaving in a particular way
  15. 31. character A character who changes as a result of his motives or situation
Down
  1. 1. Language Words having a meaning that is different than its literal interpretation: Simile; metaphor, personification, hyperbole symbolism.
  2. 2. At first a seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense statement and yet is perhaps true.
  3. 4. A figure of speech comparing one thing to another using “like” or “as”.
  4. 5. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme at the end of the poem
  5. 8. A state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen
  6. 11. A long, uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
  7. 13. Placing side-by-side two characters who are strikingly different in order to make both of their personalities stand out
  8. 15. pentameter A line of poetry that contains 10 syllables, 5 stressed
  9. 16. Structure The plot structure of a dramatic work: exposition, rising action, turning
  10. 17. Four lines that rhyme at every other line
  11. 19. A character speaks aloud to himself
  12. 21. Verse A line of poetry written in un-rhyming iambic pentameter
  13. 22. The main character’s final attempt to resolve the conflict
  14. 26. an implied or indirect reference to someone, place, event, or piece of literature
  15. 27. side by side
  16. 30. A play on words; a double meaning