Across
- 2. novel about someone's formative years, 'coming of age' story
- 5. an elaborate metaphor or creative expression
- 8. to insinuate or suggest
- 9. pen name, used by an author instead of her real name
- 10. homesickness, missing the old days
- 11. statement explaining why a theory or claim is false
- 12. phrase used as a name for someone (e.g., 'the champ')
- 15. describes a verb, like 'yawn' or 'smile,' with no direct object
- 18. to understand, esp. something deep and complex (often used in negative)
- 19. words referring to people or things the speaker/writer is not addressing
Down
- 1. the vocabulary of a language, person, or field
- 3. short phrase expressing a basic truth
- 4. person or thing referred back to
- 6. obligated to
- 7. level of formal language used in a situation
- 13. line of verse with five metrical feet (stressed + unstressed syllables)
- 14. about, in relation to
- 16. necessarily true based on a prior fact
- 17. brief explanation of a term used in a text