Midterm - Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. When a person, a place, an object or an activity stands for something beyond itself
  2. 3. The opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to dramatic action in a work of literature.
  3. 8. The events in a story that show the results of a characters actions and leads to the end of the story (resolution).
  4. 9. The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action of a literary work.
  5. 12. The feeling or atmosphere that the a writer creates for the reader
  6. 13. Point of View where the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from his or her own point of view.
  7. 14. The choice and use of words and phrases in writing or speech
  8. 15. When the reader uses reason and experience to guess at what the writer doesn’t say directly in the story.
  9. 17. The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
  10. 18. An idea of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
  11. 19. -The central part of a story, during which various problems arise.
  12. 20. The time and place in which a story occurs.
  13. 22. A feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by the reader.
Down
  1. 1. The events that make up the main story.
  2. 4. A story or writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
  3. 5. The final outcome of the story
  4. 6. A word’s dictionary definition
  5. 7. Point of View where the narrative voice is outside of the action, not one of the characters
  6. 10. An interruption in the action of a literary work to present events that took place at an earlier time.
  7. 11. Expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject
  8. 16. The beginning of the plot, where characters and setting are introduced.
  9. 17. -An imaginary story that includes plot, characters, setting, and often, a theme.
  10. 21. A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader