Critical Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. A bare-bones condensation of the story.
  2. 6. The attempt to criticize and correct weaknesses, folly, or vice by holding them up to ridicule.
  3. 8. The time and physical place in which the action of a story takes place.
  4. 9. The writer's attitude towards his material, characters, or audience, revealed in a variety of ways, including imagery, vocabulary, humor, and the like.
  5. 10. An image or object that represents something other than itself. Example: A dove symbolizes peace.
  6. 12. When the narrator is not a participant in the story and uses third person pronouns to report objectively to the readers. May be limited or omniscient.
  7. 14. The characteristic form discernible in an author's diction and arrangement of words, sentences, and ideas
Down
  1. 1. The quality that makes an author's writing style unique and conveys the author's personality, attitude, and character.
  2. 2. The central idea or thesis implied or illustrated by the story.
  3. 3. A form of anti-intellectualism in which the author tries to elicit emotional responses greater than his subject matter justifies.
  4. 5. In narrow terms, stories arising out of imaginary inventions or discoveries in the natural and applied sciences. The genre has expanded to include many kinds of fantasy, utopian satire, and serious futuristic literature.
  5. 7. A technique in which the narrator presents the flow of thoughts and images - conscious, subconscious, or the result of free association - passing through a character's mind. Often used interchangeably with interior monologue.
  6. 11. The harmony and coherence between the parts and the whole of the story.
  7. 13. A synonym for denouement.