Across
- 1. a figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things
- 4. the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter
- 5. language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience
- 7. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work
- 9. a comparison between two things, usually using the words “like” or “as.”
- 11. to state something written or spoken in different words, especially in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer
- 14. the idea that things represent other things
- 16. a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form
- 18. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people
- 20. a writer of a book, article, or report
- 21. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
- 22. a condition in which a person experiences a clash of opposing wishes or needs
- 24. the use of pictures or words to create images, esp. to create an impression or mood
- 29. an indication of something that will happen in the future
Down
- 2. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation
- 3. literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
- 4. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
- 6. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
- 8. an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.
- 10. the act of creating and describing characters in literature
- 12. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
- 13. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
- 15. to add notes or comments to a text or something similar to provide explanation or criticism about a particular part of it
- 17. written work's
- 19. a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author
- 23. compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication
- 25. a specific type of music, film, or writing
- 26. a temporary state of mind or feeling
- 27. a person in a novel, play, or movie
- 28. writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history