Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms Crossword

A chapter in a play that covers a large block of action. Exp: Act ll, Act l.
A comparison without using like or as. Exp: “love is smoke made with fume of sighs”
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Exp: “ she hath Dian’s wit”
A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character. Exp: Tybalt vs Benvolio, Friar Laurence vs the apothecary
A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event. Exp: starting of the play
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. Exp: The witch if you with patient ears attend/what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend
Old-fashioned, out-of-date language and expressions.
14 line poem that rhymes. Exp: two households, both / alike
Two things that are being compared using like or as. Exp: love pricks like a thorn
A play on words with a double meaning
Words spoken by a character in an undertone no intended to be heard by other characters on state age
Four poetic lines that rhyme every other line
At first a seemingly contradictory statement and yet is perhaps true
A long uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
Words that have a meaning that is different than its literal interpretation exaggeration
a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
unrhymed iambic pentameter
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader
Central idea of a work of literature
a line of poetry that contains five iambic feet
the structure of a play
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't