Literary Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
  2. 5. A figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events
  3. 6. A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feeling towards the subject
  4. 7. A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse
  5. 8. The hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish
  6. 10. The use of successive lines with no punctuation or pause between them
  7. 11. A figure of speech in which the speaker or writer breaks off abruptly and leaves the statement incomplete, as if the speaker is not willing to state what is present in his mind due to being overcome by passion, excitement or fear
  8. 13. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning (Ex. Boom,Zap,Pow)
  9. 14. Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is
  10. 15. A phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in a work of literature
  11. 17. The role a character assumes or depicts to a reader, a viewer, or the world at large
  12. 18. A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations
  13. 19. Person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era
  14. 21. A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words
  15. 23. Reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea
  16. 24. Work of fiction longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel
Down
  1. 2. Three periods (. . .) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
  2. 3. Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect
  3. 4. A false name or alias used by writers
  4. 9. A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
  5. 12. Providing hints of things to come in a story or play
  6. 15. A saying or proverb expressing common wisdom or truth (Ex. It’s better to be safe than sorry.)
  7. 16. Return to an earlier time in a story or play in order to clarify present action or circumstances
  8. 20. A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect
  9. 22. A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true