English Language Arts Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning.
  2. 5. a type of narrative or a plot device in which the end is curiously abrupt, so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation, without offering any resolution of conflicts.
  3. 7. Extreme exaggeration
  4. 9. This character follows the yellow brick road to the emerald city to obtain some ruby slippers because "there is no place like home".
  5. 12. The person telling the story (not to be confused with the author).
  6. 13. a character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character.
  7. 14. An expression, idea, or action that has been overused to the point of seeming worn out, stale, ineffective, or meaningless.
  8. 15. The pairing of two opposites. Ex. The loud silence
  9. 16. A long narrative poem about someone who does heroic deeds. Ex. The Odyssey
  10. 17. Words that imitate sounds.
  11. 18. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
  12. 19. A literary work that is written to amuse or entertain a reader.
Down
  1. 1. Mental picture created by the way the author writes.
  2. 3. Story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. ex. animal farm
  3. 4. Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
  4. 6. Reference to a well known character or event from history, literature, pop culture, etc...
  5. 8. Which character builds a monster and brings him to life with electricity?
  6. 10. The main character in a story.
  7. 11. An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event to an earlier occurrence.
  8. 13. Repetition of a beginning sound for effect. Ex. Peter Piper Picked