Literary Devices/Terms Crossword
Across
- 5. a reference to something else (such as Greek mythology or the Bible) in a work of literature
- 8. an action word
- 11. a comparison that does not use linking words, such as like or as
- 13. someone who eats all types of foods
- 15. the series of events that create a story
- 16. a place where things seem to be falling apart, for example, a story in which the world ends
- 19. author of THE GIVER
- 20. the usage of sound words
- 22. the moral, message, or main idea of a literary work
- 23. a word that describes a noun
Down
- 1. an over-exaggeration
- 2. uses the five senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind
- 3. something that is deceptive in appearance
- 4. giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
- 6. a comparison that uses linking words, such as like or as
- 7. the struggle between two opposing forces in a literary work
- 9. a prediction of future events in a literary work
- 10. a person, place, thing, or idea
- 12. a word that describes a verb or an adjective
- 14. when the unexpected occurs
- 17. a recollection of a previous event in a story
- 18. author of THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
- 21. a place where everything is created to be perfect