Across
- 3. This figure of speech refers to an address to “a dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object” and is “usually employed for emotional emphasis, can become ridiculous [or humorous] when misapplied
- 9. A term used to describe an author’s use of vivid descriptions “that evoke sense-impressions by literal or figurative reference to perceptible or ‘concrete’ objects, scenes, actions, or states”.
- 10. A literary mode that attempts to convert abstract concepts, values, beliefs, or historical events into characters or other tangible elements in a narrative.
- 12. “Literally, in Latin, the ‘god from the machine’; a deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in the action; hence, any character, event, or device suddenly introduced to resolve the conflict”.
- 13. a figure of speech that refers to one thing by another in order to identify similarities between the two (and therefore define each in relation to one another).
- 14. The perspective (visual, interpretive, bias, etc.) a text takes when presenting its plot and narrative.
- 15. The ways individual characters are represented by the narrator or author of a text. This includes descriptions of the characters’ physical appearances, personalities, actions, interactions, and dialogue.
- 17. A story told from the perspective of one or several characters, each of whom typically uses the word “I.”
- 19. Spoken exchanges between characters in a dramatic or literary work, usually between two or more speakers.
- 20. A kind of literature. For instance, comedy, mystery, tragedy, satire, elegy, romance, and epic are all examples of this.
Down
- 1. The sequence of events that occur through a work to produce a coherent narrative or story.
- 2. A literary work’s treatment of its subject-matter; or a topic recurring in a number or literary works.
- 4. A narrative perspective that typically addresses that audience using “you.”
- 5. A mode of writing in which the author traces his or her thoughts verbatim into the text.
- 6. Describes a narrative told from the perspective of an outside figure who does not participate directly in the events of a story.
- 7. a story that an author encloses around the central narrative in order to provide background information and context.
- 8. The “falling action” of a narrative, when the climax and central conflicts are resolved and a resolution is found.
- 11. Comprised of an author’s diction, syntax, tone, characters, and other narrative techniques.Symbol(ism): An object or element incorporated into a narrative to represent another concept or concern.
- 16. When a text references, incorporates, or responds to an earlier piece (including literature, art, music, film, event, etc).
- 18. A way of communicating information (in writing, images, or sound) that conveys an attitude.