Words from Art & Literature

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Across
  1. 3. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
  2. 5. A mark made by a paint brush.
  3. 6. A genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and other supernatural phenomena.
  4. 7. A distinctive manner or way of doing something.
  5. 10. A serious disagreement or argument; a protracted armed struggle.
  6. 11. A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
  7. 14. The art or craft of making pots, dishes, and other articles from clay and hardening them by firing.
  8. 16. A literary genre and type of dramatic work that is amusing and satirical in its tone, mostly having a cheerful ending.
  9. 17. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
  10. 20. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
  11. 21. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion).
  12. 28. A humorous five-line poem with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA).
  13. 29. The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
  14. 32. The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
  15. 34. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
  16. 35. A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.
  17. 38. The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
  18. 39. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
  19. 42. A piece of writing in which words are chosen for their beauty and sound and are arranged in lines which often rhyme.
  20. 43. A person or an animal in a book, play, or movie.
  21. 46. The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
  22. 47. A public display of works of art or other items.
  23. 49. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.
Down
  1. 1. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
  2. 2. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
  3. 4. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
  4. 8. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
  5. 9. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
  6. 12. A strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or cotton; a piece of this cloth used as a surface for oil painting.
  7. 13. The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
  8. 15. A genre of fiction focusing on love stories.
  9. 18. The act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action.
  10. 19. A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
  11. 20. A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass, etc.
  12. 22. Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.
  13. 23. A genre of fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster-than-light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
  14. 24. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically ten syllables per line.
  15. 25. The action or skill of using paint.
  16. 26. A thin board or slab on which an artist sets out and mixes colors.
  17. 27. A print produced by the process of engraving a design into a metal plate.
  18. 30. A genre of fiction characterized by suspense, excitement, and a sense of urgency.
  19. 31. A genre of fiction where a crime or puzzle is to be solved.
  20. 33. A dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast.
  21. 36. The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood.
  22. 37. A genre of fiction designed to frighten or appall.
  23. 40. A painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.
  24. 41. A room or building for the display of works of art.
  25. 44. A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary or philosophical theory.
  26. 45. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
  27. 48. A person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.