Across
- 3. two lines of a poetry that rhymes
- 4. a play or a novel that depicts serious and important event in which the main character comes to an unhappy ending
- 6. when a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something different
- 7. event that is inappropriate for the time period
- 10. humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
- 11. words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
- 15. a speech by one character in a play
- 17. poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
- 18. a group who says things at the same time
- 20. an audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
Down
- 1. a short introduction of a story
- 2. fourteen-line poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter
- 5. character who changes as a result of the story's events
- 8. direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
- 9. a long speech by a character who is on stage alone expresses his/her thoughts aloud
- 12. a story written to be acted for an audience
- 13. character who is used as a contrast to another character
- 14. a play on the multiple meaning of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
- 16. combination of contradictory terms
- 19. character who does not change much in the course of a story
