25 LITERARY TERMS, ELEMENTS, &DEVICES

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Across
  1. 3. the objective meaning of a word.
  2. 6. A literary device that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects.
  3. 7. The set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.
  4. 10. A literary device that presents the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivations etc.
  5. 13. Using or creating words that imitate or name a sound.
  6. 14. The one who tells the story.
  7. 17. A figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect.
  8. 18. The use of any person, situation, or object to represent an idea of some sort.
  9. 20. The time, place, and environment in which a story occurs.
  10. 22. The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader.
  11. 23. The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
Down
  1. 1. The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
  2. 2. The main character in a work of literature.
  3. 4. The voice behind a poem or any written work.
  4. 5. An implied meaning that's associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning.
  5. 8. The act of creating and describing characters in literature.
  6. 9. The linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story
  7. 11. Words that trigger the reader to recall images, or mental pictures, that engage one of the five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch.
  8. 12. A rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.
  9. 15. An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
  10. 16. An idea or topic expanded in a discourse, discussion, etc.
  11. 18. The organization of a story's various elements, including plot, characters, and themes.
  12. 19. The perspective from which the story is told.
  13. 20. SMILE is an acronym that stands for Structure, Meaning, Imagery, Language, and Effect.
  14. 21. occurs when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story.