Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. The art of writing or speaking effectively to persuade a reader/audience.
  2. 3. The expression of a certain idea by saying or showing the opposite
  3. 4. A hint to the reader about the general direction of the plot
  4. 5. The time and place of a story
  5. 7. An indirect reference to something outside the literary work
  6. 11. A story in which characters represent abstract qualities or ideas
  7. 12. The repetition of a vowel sound within or among words, usually within one line of poetry
  8. 13. A comparison of two things made without using the words “like” or “as”
  9. 16. The main character in a work of literature. This character is the focus of the plot and he or she usually changes in some way
  10. 18. A comparison in which one thing is compared to a markedly different object, concept, or experience by using the words “like” or “as”
  11. 19. The repetition of initial letters/sounds at the beginnings of adjacent words
  12. 20. The feeling/emotion that a word invokes in addition to the literal meaning of the word
  13. 21. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form (follows a basic grammatical structure; words/phrases arranged into sentences and paragraphs); not poetry
  14. 23. Word choice
  15. 24. A poet
  16. 27. An exaggeration for rhetorical effect
  17. 28. The feeling an author intends to convey to the reader about his or her subject. It contributes to the overall mood of a work
  18. 29. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh/blunt term
Down
  1. 2. A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words.
  2. 4. Takes the reader to an earlier part of the story
  3. 5. The use of an object to represent a bigger, abstract idea
  4. 6. The method used by the author to give readers information about a character; a description or representation of a person’s qualities/personality
  5. 8. The use of descriptive language to appeal to one or more of the reader’s senses (sound, sight, smell, taste, or touch
  6. 9. Language that is not literal, in that it does not mean exactly what it says
  7. 10. Using the same word or line more than once or using the same sound or sentence structure over and over again
  8. 14. A seemingly contradictory statement that reveals a deeper truth.
  9. 15. A source of drama/tension in a literary work; a problem
  10. 17. The literal or primary meaning of a word; the “dictionary” definition
  11. 22. The exact words of conversation taking place between characters
  12. 25. The message the author intends to convey through his or her writing
  13. 26. The overall emotional feeling of a literary work