Literary Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. struggle between two or more opposing forces (person vs. person; nature; society; self; fate/God)
  2. 5. a character that is the source of conflict in a literary work
  3. 7. the essential background information at the beginning of a literary work (who, what, where, when, why)
  4. 8. group of lines forming a unit in a poem
  5. 13. an implied comparison between dissimilar objects "her talent blossomed"
  6. 16. use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning "hiss" "smack" "bang"
  7. 20. standardized, conventional ideas about characters plots, and settings
  8. 22. repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
  9. 23. a direct comparison of dissimilar objects, usually using like or as; "i wandered lonely as a cloud"
  10. 26. the sequence of events in a literary work
  11. 27. the underlying idea of a literary work
  12. 28. figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics
  13. 29. the time and place of a literary work
Down
  1. 1. word choice to create a specific effect
  2. 3. the turning point in a literary work (generally the most tense, biggest event in the book/work)
  3. 4. voice in a poem; the person is alone and speaks their thoughts aloud
  4. 6. hint of what is to come in a literary work
  5. 9. one thing (object, person, place) used to represent something else; usually appears several times throughout a book/work
  6. 10. technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next
  7. 11. repetition of similar or identical sounds "look and crook"
  8. 12. the main character in a literary work
  9. 14. extreme exaggeration to add meaning
  10. 15. the method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer
  11. 17. end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up and question are answered
  12. 18. direct speech between characters in a literary work (he said, she said)
  13. 19. type or category to which a literary work belongs
  14. 21. phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory: "living dead" "jumbo shrimp"
  15. 22. a reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work (like the Bible or a Shakspearean play)
  16. 24. a recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme (like nighttime in Romeo and Juliet)
  17. 25. language that appeals to the five senses