English 9- Midterm Review

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Across
  1. 4. Meaning or significance suggested by a word; the meaning implied- not the literal meaning
  2. 7. the uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story
  3. 9. Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds
  4. 12. The character/person/entity/being who tells a story
  5. 14. A scene that interrupts the present actions of the plot to flash backwards and tell what happened at an earlier time
  6. 15. Repetition of the same consonant sounds in words that are close together or that are similar
  7. 16. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well
  8. 18. The main character in a work of literature that faces an obstacle or challenge
  9. 19. Written or spoken expression that does not have a regular rhyming pattern
  10. 20. The "paragraph" in a poem
  11. 22. A writer's or speaker's choice of words- considered an essential part of a writer's style
  12. 24. A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
  13. 25. The attitude the author takes towards the audience, subject, or character
  14. 26. How a work makes the reader feel
Down
  1. 1. When two or more characters are in conversation with each other
  2. 2. The use of clues to hint at the events that will later occur in the plot
  3. 3. Process of revealing the personality and appearance of a character in a story
  4. 5. An account of events; anything that is narrated
  5. 6. A contradictory (opposites of each other) combination of words or phrases
  6. 7. One character is on stage alone expressing his or her thought in a long speech
  7. 8. A play on the multiple meaning of words
  8. 10. Character or force in a work that presents a challenge for the main character
  9. 11. Struggle between opposing characters or forces- can be internal or external
  10. 13. A type of writing that ridicules (pokes fun at) something/someone in order to reveal a weakness
  11. 17. A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, society, myth, religion, etc.
  12. 21. Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or another character, but are not supposed to be heard by others on stage
  13. 23. The central/main idea of a work of literature, generally can be expressed as a single word (friendship, love, fate, etc)