Literary Terms
Across
- 3. The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
- 4. The use of clues that suggest or predict the ending in a story
- 7. The feeling created in the reader by the literary work.
- 8. The main character in a literary work
- 10. A writer's attitude towards his or her subject
- 12. The central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life
- 14. The character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work
- 15. The sequence of events, or what happens in a story or novel
- 16. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
- 18. The most exciting point in a story
- 19. A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
- 21. Person Omniscient, A point of view when a voice outside of the literary work tells the story, and the reader can tell what any and/or ALL characters think and feel
Down
- 1. a figure of speech in which two things are compared WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"
- 2. Occurs after the climax in a story or novel when all the conflicts have been resolved
- 5. Any events that occur at or after the ending in a story
- 6. Anything that stands for or represents something else
- 9. a figure of speech in which two things are compared with the use of "like" or "as"
- 11. The time and place of the action in a literary work
- 13. The use of words that imitate sounds.
- 17. The struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story
- 20. Person, A point of view when a character tells the story, and the reader knows only what the character feels and sees