Romeo and Juliet Crossword

a story written to be acted for an audience
a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes (Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg)
direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
a group who says things at the same time
event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
a speech by one character in a play
an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
a combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp)
words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot
character who changes as a result of the story’s events
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene.