Across
- 5. verse without rhyme
- 9. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person
- 15. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
- 16. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
- 19. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book
- 20. be incompatible or at variance
- 21. defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
- 22. which had become a cliché by the time Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet
- 24. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
Down
- 1. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
- 2. underlying fictitious assumption which must be accepted by the audience with suspension of disbelief so the plot may be seen as plausible
- 3. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
- 4. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
- 6. happens when a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
- 7. branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual
- 8. be a warning or indication of a future event
- 9. a character who contrasts with another character
- 10. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
- 11. a line of verse with five metrical feet
- 12. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 13. is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such
- 14. is a homogeneous non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece
- 17. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 18. two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
- 22. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
- 23. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition
