Literary terms
Across
- 4. An event in the story that gives a clue to what might happen later in the story
- 6. A person, place, or thing that can stand for something.
- 8. Conversations between two or more characters
- 10. Something that is made a less deal than what it actually is.
- 14. The person the author has set to tell the story.
- 15. Where something bad happens to the main character or hero
- 16. The main problem in the story
- 18. The person or object that is opposed to the main character/ hero.
- 20. An overstatement or an over stress about an event.
- 23. "She is an early bird"
- 24. How the story makes the reader feel.
Down
- 1. Where a story takes place
- 2. The order of events happening throughout the story.
- 3. "The sun smiled down at us".
- 5. A writing the expresses or emphasizes a person's point of view.
- 7. Categorized by subject, form, or style.
- 9. An event from a character's past that shows up later in the story
- 11. A long fictional story.
- 12. A long fictional poem that tells about a hero's journey.
- 13. The main character or hero in the story
- 17. "What an awful place. I hope I get there some day."
- 18. A short reference to something familiar.
- 19. "Cold as a cucumber"
- 21. A word used to help the reader picture the story.
- 22. Words to mean the opposite of what is being said