Across
- 2. a sudden violent event that brings great destruction
- 5. ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the line
- 10. a man who has given himself up to his mistress
- 11. a performance that precedes and sets the stage for the main event
- 13. a figure of speech with contradictory terms in a conjunction
- 14. two lines of a verse that rhyme
- 15. the comparison of one thing with another thing
- 16. speaking one's thought's aloud when by oneself
- 21. a line with five metrical feet with a short and long syllable
- 23. a word from a sound associated with what it is named
- 24. a joke exploiting the different meanings of a word
- 25. mental struggle
- 26. a verse with no rhymes
Down
- 1. the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme
- 3. a major object of interest or concern
- 4. a stylistic device in plays
- 6. only audience members can hear this line
- 7. a warning or indication of a future event
- 8. one-sided love not understood as such by the beloved
- 9. when a speaker's character is revealed in a monologue
- 12. too much pride in a person's own abilities
- 17. written composition in which two or mor characters are conversing
- 18. a poem of fourteen lines using any number of rhyme schemes
- 19. a character who is the opposite to the main character
- 20. a word or phrase is applied to an object which is not leterally applicable
- 22. a character who speaks the prologue and epilogue and comments on the action