Across
- 4. A serious disagreement or argument
- 5. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 6. Verse without rhyme
- 10. A character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character
- 12. A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
- 13. Be a warning or indication of a future event
- 14. A speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events
- 16. A melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
- 18. Excessive pride in oneself
- 19. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
- 20. An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
- 21. A group of people say the same thing at the same time
- 24. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
- 26. When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
Down
- 1. A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
- 2. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 3. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable
- 7. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
- 8. An event or action that leads to another event or situation
- 9. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
- 11. Conversation between two or more people
- 15. Not returned or rewarded
- 17. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
- 22. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
- 23. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing
- 25. An event causing great suffering
