Across
- 3. A group of consecutive lines that form a structural unit in a poem
- 6. a reference to a well-known person, place, event literary work, or work of art (most common = Shakespeare & the Bible)
- 10. descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader
- 11. the central character in a story; the one who initiates or drives that action
- 12. a very brief story told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something
- 15. repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words
- 17. the running on of sense from the end of one line of verse into the next, without a punctuated pause
- 19. a speaker’s or writer’s choice of words
- 21. a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else, implies a direct comparison
- 24. pentameter a line of poetry that contains five iambic feet
- 29. a very old, imaginative pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through ages: can be a character, plot, image, theme, or setting
- 30. a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
- 32. the opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero or protagonist, in a story
- 34. a work that makes fun of another work by initiating some aspect of the writer’s style
- 35. use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
- 36. a very brief story told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something
- 38. two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
- 39. an elaborate metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two things that are startlingly different
Down
- 1. a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
- 2. a statement that appears self-contradictory but reveals a kind of truth
- 4. the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words close together
- 5. a character who acts as a contrast to another character
- 7. a figurative work in which a surface narrative carries a secondary, symbolic, or metaphorical meaning
- 8. a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make an indirect comparison between two basically unlike ideas
- 9. a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect
- 13. the running on of sense from the end of one line of verse into the next, without a punctuated pause
- 14. a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in attempt to bring about change
- 16. a situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant
- 18. a figure of speech in which a person, place or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
- 19. a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group of of the inhabitants of a certain geographical area
- 20. a pause or break within a line of poetry
- 22. the natural, rhythmic rise and fall of a language as it is normally spoken
- 23. a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
- 25. attributing (giving the attribute or characteristic) human qualities to an animal or creature
- 26. use of words that imitate sounds
- 27. the repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables or important words
- 28. an anonymous traditional story that is basically religious in nature and usually serves to explain a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon
- 31. a fourteen-line poem usually written in iambic pentameter that has one of two basic structures: Shakespearean or Petrarchan
- 33. a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
- 36. a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike
- 37. a descriptive word of phrase that is frequently used to characterize a person or thing