Literary Terms and Figurative Language

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Across
  1. 2. the message about life in a story, poem, or novel
  2. 6. a symbolic story like Animal Farm
  3. 7. the dictionary meaning of a word
  4. 11. reference to the Bible, Shakespeare, or mythology
  5. 12. the meaning of a word in context
  6. 13. when an author goes back in time in a story
  7. 17. type of irony when Romeo does not know Juliet is sleeping
  8. 18. exaggeration
  9. 19. the atmosphere an author creates
  10. 20. irony when the wolves arrive in "The Interlopers"
Down
  1. 1. viewpoint or point of view
  2. 3. a raisin in the sun that represents a dream deferred
  3. 4. the main idea in nonfiction
  4. 5. to discuss differences
  5. 8. clues about what will happen later in a story
  6. 9. synonym for stress
  7. 10. an author's attitude: anger, hope, despair...
  8. 14. to discuss similarities
  9. 15. It's raining cats and dogs
  10. 16. type of irony when a character uses sarcasm