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Across
- 2. - the main idea the author tries to get across to the reader
- 3. - when something or someone represent something or someone else
- 4. - making a reference to literature, art, history, or pop culture
- 6. -the contrast between what is and what should be
- 9. - character- a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change
- 10. person omniscient point of view- the narrator is outside the story and knows all the characters thoughts, feelings, why they act the way they do, can reveal any or all events
- 11. - the struggle between two opposing forces that lies at the center of the plot in a story or a drama
- 12. action - the part of the story that builds interest
- 15. - the end of the story
- 16. - that narrator addresses the reader, use you
- 18. - the feeling of a piece of literature
- 19. - contains the characters and setting
- 25. - comparing two unlike things
- 27. -a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
- 28. - man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, and man vs. self
- 30. - comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- 33. - the main events of the story
- 34. - figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to express strong emotion, make a point, or create humor
- 35. - a story that doesn't have a true ending, but leaves the reader waiting for more
- 36. - the creation or construction of a fictional character and a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something
- 37. character - a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change
Down
- 1. - inanimate objects take on human characteristics
- 5. person limited point of view - the narrator is outside the story but reveals the thoughts of only one character
- 7. action - the part of the story that bring it to a close
- 8. -the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
- 13. - a conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings or goals
- 14. - the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters, use I
- 17. - an interruption in the chronological narrative that tells about something in detail as it occurred that happened before that point in the story or before the story began
- 19. - a conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force
- 20. - an expression that has a figurative meaning that is completely different from its literal meaning
- 21. - the person telling the story
- 22. irony- the audience knows or understands something that the character or characters do not
- 23. the narrator is not part of the story and does not know what the characters think and feel, uses he, she, they, and them
- 24. - the time and the place of the story
- 26. irony- the result of an action is the reverse of what is expected. The reader is just as surprised as the characters
- 29. - the picture that forms in the reader's mind as they read
- 31. - the use of clues by the author to prepare readers and build suspense by providing hints of what is to come
- 32. - the turning point