Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. character we don't get to know
  2. 4. discussion between characters
  3. 7. compares two things not using like or as
  4. 8. words contradict each other
  5. 10. overall feel created by writing
  6. 11. characters and conflicts are developed
  7. 12. compares two things using like or as
  8. 14. giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
  9. 17. where everything ends
  10. 18. why a character does something
  11. 20. repetition of initial consonant sound
  12. 24. events following climax
  13. 25. the author's attitude toward topic
  14. 26. time and place of a story
  15. 28. in conflict with protagonist
  16. 30. person or animal in a story
  17. 31. phases that literally do not make sense, but we understand them
  18. 32. main character
Down
  1. 1. fully developed character
  2. 2. implied meaning
  3. 3. high point of story
  4. 5. struggle
  5. 6. the author's message
  6. 9. clues or hints about later events
  7. 13. fear, loneliness, sore loser
  8. 14. what happens; in order of events
  9. 15. interrupts story; going to an earlier time
  10. 16. sound suggests their meaning
  11. 19. one specific event in the plot
  12. 20. reference person, place, event, from history, literature, sports, arts
  13. 21. beginning of novel or story
  14. 22. shown through actions (fight)
  15. 23. actual meaning
  16. 27. extreme exaggeration
  17. 29. stands for something else
  18. 33. language that appeals to the senses