English Literary Terms and Examples Crossword

A “chapter” in a play that covers a large block of action (Avt l,ll,lll,lV,V)
Memorized formal speech that is a separate section of a literary work (the section before act l, starting the play or the 14 lined paragraph)
A 14 line poem that rhymes (two households, both / alike / in dignity (A) (in fair / Verona, where / we lay / our scene)
Two consecutive lines that rhyme at the end of a poem, or end of sonnet (the witch if you with patient ears ATTEND/ what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to MEND)
Placing two very different characters side by side to accentuate their different personalities. ( Benvolio “pit up your sword” vs Tybalt “I hate the word [peace] as I hate hell)
Two things that are being compared without using “like” or “as”. (Love is smoke made with the fume of sighs)
A reference made to somethinh well known (she [rosaline] “hath Dian’s [goddess of chasity] wit”)
“Out of date” language (“one fairer than my love? The all seeinh sun Ne’er saw her match since first the world began”)
Two things that are being compared using “like” or “as” (Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like a thorn”)
A play on words with a double meaning (with nimble SOLES; I have a SOUL of lead so stakes me to the ground”)
Words spoken by a character in an undertone not intended to be heard by characters on stage (“some consequences yet hanging in the stars...of untimely death”)
Four poetic lines that rhyme every other line (“a,bab”//“If i profane with my unworthiest HAND/ this holy shrine, the gentle sun is THIS/ To smooth that rough, ready STAND/with a tender KISS”)
At first a seemingly contradictory statement and yet is perhaps true. (“My only love sprung from my only hate”)
A long, uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
Words that have a meaning that is different that it’s literal interpretation. (Exaggeration//“cheek the stain dot sit”)