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