Shakespeare Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. direct, unadorned, written or spoken, ordinary use.
  2. 4. 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
  3. 5. humor added that lessens serious events.
  4. 7. long speech the character expresses aloud.
  5. 8. two words that sound alike, or has multiple meanings.
  6. 9. written unrhymed iambic pentameter
  7. 12. audience knows events characters dont.
  8. 16. a combo of contradictory terms.
  9. 17. a speech by one character in a play.
  10. 18. words spoken but others onstage should not hear it.
  11. 19. irony something said but is complete opposite.
  12. 20. a story written to be acted for an audience.
Down
  1. 2. does not change the much to the story.
  2. 3. a short summary at the beginning of a play.
  3. 6. person who is used as contrast to another person.
  4. 10. a play, novel, which leads to an unhappy ending.
  5. 11. event or detail is inappropriate at the time.
  6. 13. a group who says things at the same time.
  7. 14. a 14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter.
  8. 15. changes the result of the story events.