Literary terms

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Across
  1. 5. clue that tells you how an author feels about the story
  2. 7. technique where reader is informed of something that happened before the story started
  3. 10. direct comparison without like or as
  4. 13. tone where the speaker's meaning is opposite to what they say
  5. 14. central character in a story
  6. 15. message the author is trying to communicate with the reader
  7. 17. assuming something from what you know
  8. 20. allows reader to know more about the situation than the characters
  9. 23. part of the story leading to conclusion
  10. 24. technique where the reader is informed about what events will occur later
  11. 28. use of language to create an unrealistic effect
  12. 32. person in a story
  13. 34. comparison when something that is not human is given human characteristics
  14. 38. long story with a main plot, subplot, and lot of characters
  15. 39. comparison between two things using like or as
  16. 40. exaggerations that cannot happen
  17. 42. time and place of a story
Down
  1. 1. image, object, or character which stands for a deeper and wider meaning
  2. 2. technique to keep reader wondering what will happen next
  3. 3. highest point of the story, where the conflict takes a turn
  4. 4. conclusion of the story
  5. 6. figure of speech in which words with opposite meanings are used together
  6. 8. obstacles that increases tension
  7. 9. has a plot, relatively short, no subplots, and small number of characters
  8. 11. true story
  9. 12. part of the story where tension rises
  10. 16. character who opposes the protagonist
  11. 18. method a writer uses to tell us about the characters in the story
  12. 19. speaker telling the story, sometimes one of the characters in the story
  13. 21. description related to the five senses
  14. 22. overall feeling created in the story
  15. 25. true story of someone's life, author is not the main characters
  16. 26. what inspires a character to act a certain way
  17. 27. repetition of beginning consonant sound
  18. 29. true story of someone's life, author is main character
  19. 30. way author uses language, word choice, sentence length, and sounds to create a story
  20. 31. perspective from which the story is told
  21. 33. repetition of vowel sound
  22. 35. clash of people, forces, or ideas
  23. 36. chain of events in a story
  24. 37. chain of events tied to the main story
  25. 41. writer's reason for writing the story