Across
- 3. a word, phrase,line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem
- 4. art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse
- 7. a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage
- 9. a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change
Down
- 1. a poem consisting of four lines or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit
- 2. a "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things
- 3. Question a question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer
- 5. a rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language
- 6. in general, a story in which an idealized hero or heroine undertakes a quest and is successful
- 8. a figure of speech that makes an explicitly comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as, than, or resembles