Across
- 4. express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
- 5. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
- 8. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
- 9. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
- 11. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
- 14. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
- 15. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
- 16. a word or phrase that compares something to something else, using the words like or as
- 18. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
- 19. a person in a novel, play, or movie
- 22. the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
- 23. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
- 25. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
- 26. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
- 28. prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
- 29. the creation or construction of a fictional character.
Down
- 1. a firm decision to do or not to do something.
- 2. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
- 3. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
- 6. a writer of a book, article, or report.
- 7. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
- 10. add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.
- 12. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
- 13. a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
- 16. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
- 17. mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.
- 20. a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form.
- 21. a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.
- 24. a temporary state of mind or feeling.
- 27. written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.