Across
- 5. when a person says one thing yet means another
- 8. the suggested feeling or associations of a word
- 9. the relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story
- 11. the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of expectations.
- 14. when the writer makes direct statements about a character
- 17. an author's use of clues that hint at upcoming events
- 19. any object, place, person that represents something abstract
- 20. the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
- 23. the literal or dictionary definition of a word
- 24. a writer's choice of words
- 26. an individual in a literary work
- 29. writing or speech that tells a story
- 30. words that imitate sound
- 33. the way that an author uses distinct words, sentence structures, punctuation
- 34. the final part of the story that suggests a theme
- 35. the part of a plot that leads up to the climax
- 37. the time and place of a story
- 38. a story that sets fictional characters against a backdrop of history
- 40. the central struggle between two opposing forces
- 41. the author's inclination toward a certain opinion
- 43. an interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to leap backward in time
- 45. a cultural saying that has a special meaning beyond the literal interpretation
- 46. the chief character in a literary work
- 47. background information that introduces characters, setting, and situations
- 48. the "word pictures" that writers create to evoke an emotional response
- 51. a brief account of an interesting event
- 52. signs, manuals, recipes, directions, or nonfiction text
Down
- 1. written language such as novels, short stories, or essays
- 2. the emotional quality or atmosphere of a literary work
- 3. a French word that means the outcome or resolution of the plot
- 4. the sudden intuitive recognition of the meaning of something
- 6. a person or force that opposes the protagonist
- 7. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things
- 9. the sequence of events in a drama or narrative
- 10. a figure of speech that exaggerates to evoke humor or make a point
- 12. a figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined
- 13. the central message of a work of literature
- 15. a very short fictional narrative, usually less than 100 pages
- 16. a chapter book-length fictional narrative
- 18. the repetition of vowel sounds; “splatters, scatters, splash”
- 21. the central character in a literary work
- 22. a character’s nature revealed through inferences
- 25. the point of greatest emotional intensity
- 27. author's or narrator's personality revealed through writing
- 28. in a narrative, the action that follows the climax
- 31. a reference from history, music, art, or literature in a text
- 32. a force of nature, object, or an idea is given human characteristics or actions
- 36. language to convey ideas or emotions that aren’t literal
- 39. factual writing about real people, places, and events
- 42. the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject matter
- 44. using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things
- 49. the use of words/phrases with similar grammatical form
- 50. a category or type of literature