Literary Terminologies
Across
- 2. When the opposite of what is expected happens.
- 6. A figure of speech in which a speaker addresses an absent person or a thing.
- 8. Words that imitate sounds (e.g., "buzz," "bang").
- 10. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
- 11. is a figure of speech in which a speaker says one thing but means another, often the opposite of what is being said
- 14. are techniques that writers use to express ideas, create pictures in the reader's mind, and stir emotions in ways that go beyond the basic meanings of words
- 16. The people or animals in a story.
- 17. These are the central ideas or underlying messages in a story, poem, or piece of literature.
- 18. A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Down
- 1. When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
- 3. The person telling the story.
- 4. A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."
- 5. Scheme: The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem.
- 7. A form of writing that uses rhythm, meter, and often rhyme to express emotions or ideas.
- 9. The time or place in which the events in a story occur.
- 10. Using objects or images to represent bigger ideas or themes.
- 12. Giving human traits to non-human objects or ideas.
- 13. The perspective from which a story is told.
- 15. Written language in its ordinary form (for example, paragraphs) without metrical structure.