Lit Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Conflict a conflict that exists when a character struggles against some outside force
  2. 5. inanimate objects take on human characteristics
  3. 7. the main events of the story
  4. 8. Irony the audience knows or understands something that the character or characters do not
  5. 10. 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
  6. 12. the picture that forms in the reader's mind as they read
  7. 14. Character a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change
  8. 16. the turning point
  9. 17. the end of the story
  10. 18. Action the part of the story that builds interest
  11. 21. Action the part of the story that brings it to a close
  12. 22. Conflict a conflict that exists within a character torn between opposing feelings or goals
  13. 23. when something or someone represents something or someone else
  14. 25. the struggle between two opposing forces that lies at the center of a plot in a story or a drama
  15. 26. the contrast between what is and what should be
  16. 27. the main idea the author tries to get across to the reader
  17. 29. Character a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change
  18. 32. the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other
  19. 33. person the story is told from the point of view of one of the characters, uses I
  20. 34. the feeling of a piece of literature
Down
  1. 1. comparing two unlike things
  2. 2. person the narrator addresses the reader, uses you, and we
  3. 4. Person omniscient narrator is outside the story and know all the characters thoughts and feelings, why they act certain ways, and can reveal any or all events
  4. 6. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
  5. 9. referring to literature, art, history, or pop culture
  6. 11. the time and the place of the story
  7. 13. contains the characters and setting
  8. 15. person the narrator is not part of the story and does not know what the characters feel, uses he, she, they, them
  9. 19. Irony the result of an action is the reverse of what is expected. The reader is just as surprised as the characters.
  10. 20. the person telling the story
  11. 23. comparing two like things using "like" or "as"
  12. 24. figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to express strong emotion, make a point, or create humor
  13. 28. of Conflict Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society, Man vs Self
  14. 30. an expression that has a figurative meaning that is completely different from its literal meaning
  15. 31. Person limited outside but reveals the thought of only one character