Vocabulary
Across
- 2. Literal definition of a word.
- 6. Implied meanings of words used in certain ways.
- 7. A stanza with two lines.
- 10. A traditional story/group of stories about a particular person or place.
- 11. Unity of all creation, goodness of humanity.
- 12. A literary device for words, phrases, or sentences where parts of it are the same.
- 16. explores the absurdity and meaninglessness of human existence.
- 20. The author's blending of human senses to describe an object.
- 21. Relating to the writing of letters.
- 23. A quotation before a poem, typically relating to the theme.
- 25. A poem that deals with loss/death.
- 26. The pace of a poem.
- 29. To analyze a work to reveal its meaning.
- 30. A stanza with four lines.
- 31. A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
- 32. A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.
- 34. Deliberate constructions of language which an author uses to convey meaning.
- 35. A loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. Explores horrors of classic characters.
- 36. Something symbolic repeated throughout the story.
- 39. The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others.
- 41. A rhyme that has similar but different sounds.
- 43. A sudden realization
- 44. A stanza with three lines.
- 45. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
- 46. The components that make up a piece of literature.
- 48. The description and information about the characters in a story.
- 49. A way in which two or more objects are related.
- 51. A commonly used term for a certain figure of speech.
Down
- 1. Analyzed nature through a scientific/detached perspective.
- 3. An object of an object symbolizing another object.
- 4. A genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism.
- 5. Focuses on contemporary elements.
- 8. A narrative that is typically of unknown origin and has some tradition behind it.
- 9. The part of a poem that repeats.
- 13. When the same letter is used at the start of many adjacent words.
- 14. A direct appeal to the audience's emotions to provoke a certain feeling.
- 15. A fiction with a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
- 17. Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary.
- 18. A coming of age novel.
- 19. Stories told as realistically as possible.
- 22. Attribution of human characteristics to animals or objects.
- 24. Emphasis on emotion and individualism.
- 27. Writing about stories or self-consciously examining what makes stories work.
- 28. A poem, story, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
- 33. An image, character, or pattern that recurs enough to be considered a universal idea.
- 37. An extreme exaggeration
- 38. Something that has opposing themes.
- 40. A method used to call something to mind without mentioning it in the work.
- 41. The arrangement of words and sentences in a work.
- 42. Examine in detail.
- 47. A revival of an aesthetic attitude based off of Greece and Rome.
- 50. A very short story significant to the topic.