Across
- 5. a comparison of two things using like or as
- 6. a serious play that ends unhappily
- 7. the message about life expressed by a work
- 9. when someone's words mean the opposite of what they appear to mean
- 12. when something happens that is the opposite of what would be expected
- 14. describing something that is not human with human actions or qualities
- 15. a combination of two words with opposite meanings
Down
- 1. extreme exaggeration
- 2. a speech given by a character alone on stage sharing their inner thoughts with the audience
- 3. the author of Romeo and Juliet
- 4. when the audience knows something that the characters don't know
- 8. two characters who highlight each other because while they are alike in some way, they have opposite characteristics
- 10. an indirect reference to something such as history, mythology, or the Bible
- 11. a recurring element in a work, something that comes up again and again
- 13. a play on words