8th Grade Reading Terms

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Across
  1. 2. to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses
  2. 4. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
  3. 6. Author’s attitude toward his subject
  4. 7. comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind NOT using like, as, or than; saying one thing is another
  5. 9. The character or force that opposes the main character in a literary work
  6. 10. A reference to something that everyone should know from the bible, history, literary, works of arts, pop culture, etc.
  7. 12. it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant
  8. 13. comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like, as, or than
  9. 14. the sequence of events
  10. 16. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
Down
  1. 1. The act of creating a character
  2. 3. the problem or struggle in a literary work
  3. 5. The underlying message, or 'big idea.' In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem?
  4. 8. The main character in a literary work
  5. 11. a society characterized by poverty, squalor or oppression
  6. 15. Feeling created in the reader