8th Grade Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Point of greatest interest in a story
  2. 5. Something concrete that represents something else
  3. 6. Giving human characteristics to non-living objects
  4. 8. Author's attitude toward the subject matter
  5. 9. Interruption in the narrative to show an episode from the past
  6. 10. Comparison using "like" or "as"
  7. 11. Main character
  8. 13. repeating a word or phrase to stress its importance
  9. 15. Someone who serves as a contrast to another character
Down
  1. 1. Struggle between opposing forces
  2. 2. Reference to a well-known person, place, thing, idea, or event
  3. 4. Extreme exaggeration
  4. 7. Repetition of initial sounds
  5. 12. Use of sensory details that relate to the senses that create pictures in our minds
  6. 14. Contrast between what appears to be and what really is