Literary Techniques Crossword

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables
a literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history, or literature
non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter; close to normal speech rhythms and patterns.
in a tragedy, a break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy or silliness
a word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually when the second meaning is risque.
when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know
a substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as rude or offensive
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; often used to compare dissimilar objects; includes metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole
hints of events to occur later in a story
a unit in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stresses syllable
language which works to evoke images in your mind
a contradiction between what is expected and what actually is--or appearance versus reality
a figure of speech in which a word of phrase is replaced by another, often indicating a likeness or similarity between them
when two opposite terms are used together
attributing human characteristics to non-human object
normal speech rhythm; often this (in Shakespeare plays) signals a character slipping into insanity
a play on words, especially those that sound alike, but have different meanings
two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as