Across
- 10. a main idea subject of text or topic of discussion
- 11. the explaining of background info
- 13. the reason a character has for acting or behaving in a particular way
- 14. a poetic foot 1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllables
- 15. a line of poetry with 10 syllables 5 stressed
- 17. a long play is divided into "chapters"
- 18. placing side by side 2 characters who are very different in order to make their personalities stand out
- 19. a character delivers a memorized formal speech
- 20. out of date language
- 22. four lines that rhyme at every other line
- 25. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are combined side to side
- 26. an adjective or phrase of descriptive characteristics
- 27. a 14 line poen that rhymes
- 28. the plot structure of a dramatic work, exposition, rising action, turning point, falling and resolution
Down
- 1. a character who changes as a result of his motives or situation
- 2. Device whereby the audience understands more than a character in the play
- 3. words having a meaning that is different interpretation : simile metaphor personification hyperbole symbolism
- 4. A line of poetry written in un-rhyming iambic pentameter
- 5. a state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen
- 6. the main characters final attempt to resolve the conflict
- 7. a play on words
- 8. a character speaks aloud to themselves
- 9. the use of hints or clues for events that will occur later in the plot
- 12. a figure of speech comparing one thing to another
- 16. 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme at the end of the poem
- 19. at firsta seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense statement and yet perhaps is true
- 21. words spoken by a character in an undertone not intended to be heard by other characters on stage
- 23. an implied or indirect reference to someone place event or piece of literature
- 24. a long uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
