The Alchemist Vocab Words (weeks 1 & 2)

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Across
  1. 3. A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters
  2. 4. A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
  3. 7. medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation
  4. 8. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
  5. 10. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.
  6. 11. language refers to words or phrases that are meaningful, but not literally true.
Down
  1. 1. outward demonstration; indication; something which comes into being
  2. 2. A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself.
  3. 5. a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
  4. 6. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things Metaphor is a means of asserting that two things are identical in comparison rather than just similar.
  5. 9. the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.