Unit Two: Literary Terms
Across
- 4. An entertaining story, often dealing with heroes, adventure, magic, or romance
- 5. Highly imaginative writing that contains elements now found in real life
- 6. Passing of songs, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth
- 8. A work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the main character
- 10. The wise saying at the end of a story states the lesson
- 11. Central message or insight about life
- 12. A brief story or poem, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson,or moral
- 13. A widely told story about the past
Down
- 1. Usage or vocabulary that is a characteristic of a specific group
- 2. The background, customs, values, and beliefs of the particular culture and people who originally told the story
- 3. Process by which writers create and develop a character
- 7. Fictional tale that explains the actions of Gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature
- 9. A short story intended to teach or convey a moral truth; related to a culture's religious or spiritual beliefs