Across
- 4. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
- 8. part of a song that is repeated after each verse, typically by more than one singer.
- 11. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
- 12. when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.
- 13. lover melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
- 14. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
- 16. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
- 17. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
- 19. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person
- 20. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
- 23. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
- 24. one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved.
- 25. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Down
- 1. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 2. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe
- 3. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter
- 5. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
- 6. heard by audience but not by other characters
- 7. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
- 9. a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
- 10. a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
- 13. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
- 15. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
- 18. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
- 21. make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
- 22. excessive pride in oneself.
