Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence
  2. 5. the time and place in which events in a piece of literary work take place
  3. 6. the sequence of events or actions in a literary work
  4. 10. a character who is in opposition to the main character
  5. 11. the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe (hiss, buzz, bang)
  6. 12. words of phrases that describe on thing in terms of something else (simile, metaphor, idiom, e.g. he kicked the bucket)
  7. 14. conflict outside of a character; usually out of character’s control
  8. 15. conflict within a character; character has to make a decision
  9. 18. comparison of two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as”
  10. 19. any object that has both meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself
  11. 20. is a character who changes in some important way, multidimensional
  12. 23. the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action
  13. 24. a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place or thing.
  14. 26. a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show an event from the past
  15. 27. the central character of a piece of literary work
  16. 28. comparison of two different things or ideas using the words “like” or “as”
  17. 30. the framework of organization of a text
  18. 31. the way the conflict in the a literary work is solved
  19. 33. a figure of speech that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics (the wind cried in the dark)
  20. 35. the writer’s characteristic manner of employing language
  21. 37. words or phrases that create an image in reader’s mind
  22. 38. when audience knows something the character does not
  23. 39. the change or movement in a piece of literary work resulting from an insight gained by a character or the reader
Down
  1. 1. a character who does not change, one dimensional
  2. 2. the deliberate use of any element of language more than once
  3. 3. the practice of beginning several consecutive words with the same sound (the twisting trout twinkled below)
  4. 4. the quality of a literary work that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome of events
  5. 7. word choice intended to convey a certain effect
  6. 8. the process of presenting the different aspects of a character’s personality
  7. 9. a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings (I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.)
  8. 13. the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases (cat hat bat)
  9. 16. the main idea or statement being presented by a literary work that can be applied to all people
  10. 17. the perspective from which a narrative is told (first person, second person, third person)
  11. 19. occurs when a situation turns out differently from what one would expect
  12. 21. the repetition of accented vowel sounds in as series of words (cry, side, derive)
  13. 22. occurs when a speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite
  14. 25. a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression (sweet sorrow, cold fire)
  15. 29. the problem in a literary work
  16. 32. the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work
  17. 34. the writer’s attitude toward a topic or subject (negative, positive, judgmental)
  18. 36. life, nature, love)