Shakespeare Literary Terms 1

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Across
  1. 2. Fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes (Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg).
  2. 4. A story written to be acted for an audience.
  3. 7. irony The audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
  4. 8. irony A writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
  5. 9. A group who says things at the same time
  6. 10. A short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
  7. 12. A speech by one character in a play.
Down
  1. 1. Direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
  2. 2. An unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
  3. 3. A play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
  4. 5. Event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period.
  5. 6. Character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way.
  6. 11. A combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp).