Literary Terms: Crossword Puzzle Practice I

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Across
  1. 2. is a story or tale with 2 or more levels of meaning -symbolic and literal
  2. 4. is a conversation between characters that may reveal traits and advance the action of a narrative
  3. 5. a look into the past at some point in a story
  4. 7. the struggle the main character(s) of a story has
  5. 8. a short passage from a longer piece of writing
  6. 9. the repetition of vowel sounds
  7. 10. is the giving of human characteristics to a nonhuman object, location, or organism
  8. 14. shows only one trait or characteristic
  9. 16. a figure of speech that that makes a comparison without the use of "like" or "as"and says one thing is another
  10. 17. are words that appeal to the 5 senses and temperature, which help a reader create a mental picture or scene
Down
  1. 1. is a message about life that can be understood by most cultures
  2. 3. shows many different traits or characteristics
  3. 6. the main idea of a literary work
  4. 11. is the writer's use of clues or hints to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot
  5. 12. medias res in the middle of things. It relates to a piece of literature that begins in the middle of the events
  6. 13. is the feeling or atmosphere that writing creates
  7. 14. is a character who provides a striking contrast to another character
  8. 15. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance