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