Across
- 3. The call, the threshold, the threshold guardians, the helpers, the mentor, the challenges and temptations, the talisman, the abyss, the revelation, the atonement and transformation, the gift and return
- 4. an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak
- 5. character who serves as a contrast to another character
- 6. extended comparisons that link objects or ideas not commonly associated.
- 9. the literal sense of what is said falls detectably short of the magnitude of what is being talked about
- 11. genre, chiefly literary and dramatic, in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to criticism through ridicule, mockery, spoofing, irony, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement.
- 15. the language that writers use to re-create sensory experiences and stir emotions
- 16. An expression of feudal ideas of honor, nobles developed this as a code of conduct
- 18. a general feeling that is created by the tone
- 20. Basic storytelling patterns
- 24. saying something to audience that other players (actors) cannot hear
- 26. Anonymous traditional stories about the past
- 28. pause, or break, near the middle of every line of poetry
- 30. somebody talking to him/herself
- 32. a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost
- 33. ancient religion that worshiped several gods (polytheistic)
- 34. shorter, focuses on personal emotion.
Down
- 1. metaphoric compound words in the place of simple nouns.
- 2. narratives based in fantasy that tell of strange, sometimes supernatural events in exotic settings
- 7. the emotional quality of the words that the author has chosen
- 8. prepares the reader for future events, actions, or revelations
- 10. The main idea or central purpose of a piece of literature
- 12. rebirth
- 13. to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen
- 14. writing that imitates another serious piece of work.
- 17. This device creates the narrative structure of a story-within-a-story
- 19. A style of drama, popular in England during the late 16th and 17th centuries, in which the basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation
- 21. to present the opposite of the normal order.
- 22. a contradiction between reality and appearance or between the actual and intended meaning of words.
- 23. characterized by an unusual degree of intellectualism.
- 24. Narratives that have both literal and deeper, symbolic meanings
- 25. a long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a legendary hero in pursuit of a goal of national importance
- 27. the repetition of sounds at the start of nearby words
- 29. a form of verbal irony, in which, under the guise of praise, a caustic and bitter expression of strong and personal disapproval is given. Sarcasm is personal, jeering, intended to hurt
- 31. images or descriptions that appear self-contradictory but reveal a deeper truth.