Across
- 6. the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect
- 8. a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces
- 11. a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.
- 14. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
- 16. the character(s) with the most amount of influence on the plot or the characters that the plot has the most influence on.
Down
- 1. the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation
- 2. he use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events
- 3. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- 4. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 5. writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
- 7. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 9. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
- 10. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
- 12. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
- 13. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
- 14. a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
- 15. the section of a story that leads toward its climax.