Across
- 1. story - a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel
- 3. - a combination of contradictory or incongruous words
- 6. - The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists
- 8. - a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
- 10. - a firm decision to do or not to do something.
- 11. - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
- 12. - to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely
- 13. - something (such as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements
Down
- 2. - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
- 4. - a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
- 5. - a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
- 7. - the arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts
- 9. - In literature, the tone of voice refers to the author's feelings towards the subject, as expressed through the writing itself.
- 11. - a quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems
- 14. - the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.