Lit Terms

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