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Down: 1) four lines of poetic verse2) a speech by one character in a play, story, or poem3) a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter.6) the inclusion of humorous scenes or characters in a serious drama9) a poetic line of five iambic feet (10 syllables)10) a special type of alliteration in which the repeated pattern of consonants is marked by changes in the intervening vowels14) a character who is contrasted with another character16) a phrase consisting of words that seem the opposite in meaning20) its rhythmical pattern. This pattern is determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line. Across: 4) repeating identical or similar vowels (especially in stressed syllables) in nearby words.5) a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike7) a fourteen-line poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter8) a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone or on stage9) a unit or foot of poetry that consists of a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable11) a figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas12) poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.13) a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics15) a casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification17) the repetition of initial consonant sounds.18) language that appeals to one or more of the five senses.19) a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem21) a work of literature, especially a play that results in a catastrophe for the main character22) a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else23) involves marking the stressed and unstressed syllables24) a short speech delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the character's thoughts25) the introductory remarks of Act I and Act II in Romeo and Juliet
 

 

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