Literary Terms Review

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  1. 3. use of words that imitate sounds
  2. 5. a story written to be performed by actors
  3. 6. part of the story of highest interest or suspense
  4. 7. prose writing that presents or explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events
  5. 8. fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature
  6. 9. section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time
  7. 11. form of language spoken by people in a particular group or region
  8. 13. highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life
  9. 14. use of clues that suggest events that have yet to come
  10. 16. the central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
  11. 17. reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work
  12. 19. the time and place of the action in a literary work
  13. 20. a lesson taught by a literary work
  14. 21. conversation between two characters
  15. 23. conflict that takes place when a character struggles with an outside force
  16. 24. narrator uses pronouns "he" and "she" to refer to the characters
  17. 25. main character in a literary work
  18. 26. the first part of the plot line where the characters and setting are introduced
  19. 27. a speaker or character who tells a story
  20. 28. a long work of fiction
Down
  1. 1. story composed orally and then passed from person to person by word of mouth
  2. 2. word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
  3. 4. type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
  4. 8. figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else
  5. 10. character or force in conflict with the main character
  6. 12. conflict that takes place within the mind of a character
  7. 14. brief story or poem, usually with animal characters, that teaches a moral or lesson
  8. 15. prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
  9. 18. figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
  10. 22. narrator is a character in the story and refers to themselves as "I"