Across
- 2. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
- 4. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- 8. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
- 9. a temporary state of mind or feeling.
- 10. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
- 11. a story is the section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.
- 14. a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
- 16. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
- 18. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
- 21. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
- 23. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
- 24. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Down
- 1. the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
- 3. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- 5. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
- 6. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 7. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
- 9. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- 12. a firm decision to do or not to do something
- 13. a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest
- 15. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
- 17. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
- 19. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
- 20. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
- 22. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.