Lit Terms

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