Literary Terms Crossword 1

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Across
  1. 4. Kind of writing that expresses a person’s viewpoint
  2. 5. Person telling the story
  3. 7. Literary device used to make fun of human weaknesses
  4. 11. Combination of contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp)
  5. 12. Figure of speech that is an exaggeration or overstatement
  6. 14. Story that uses humorous excessive exaggeration to mock something
  7. 15. Figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using “like” or “as”
  8. 17. Series of events in search of something
  9. 18. Literary reference to a familiar thing
  10. 21. Words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or expected outcome
  11. 22. Statement that seems contrary to truth but may be true
  12. 23. Story in which the hero is destroyed
  13. 25. Often-repeated idea in a story
Down
  1. 1. Story longer than a short story but not as long or complex as a novel
  2. 2. Direct conversation between characters
  3. 3. Category or type (of literature)
  4. 6. Humorous play on words resulting from two similar words being misused
  5. 8. Story in which characters, things, or actions represent or lead to a strong moral or lesson
  6. 9. Person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else
  7. 10. The lesson of a story
  8. 13. The moment of sudden understanding
  9. 14. Sequence of events in a story
  10. 16. Short verse written in memory of someone
  11. 19. Feeling of the story (happy, sad, tense, suspenseful, etc.)
  12. 20. Characterized by mystery, castles, supernatural events, old mansions, etc.
  13. 24. Long narrative poem that tells the great deeds of a hero