Across
- 3. a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
- 5. a combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp).
- 6. poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (“pent”=5; “meter”=measure); each line of poetry contains 5 iambs, or metrical feet, that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
- 10. a story written to be acted for an audience.
- 11. character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way.
- 13. a speech by one character in a play.
- 14. a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
- 17. character who does not change much in the course of a story.
- 18. event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period.
- 20. humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot.
Down
- 1. character who changes as a result of the story’s events
- 2. a group who says things at the same time
- 4. 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).
- 7. a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
- 8. the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
- 9. direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
- 12. two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
- 15. an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
- 16. a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
- 19. 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