Across
- 2. Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning.
- 5. a type of narrative or a plot device in which the end is curiously abrupt, so that the main characters are left in a difficult situation, without offering any resolution of conflicts.
- 7. Extreme exaggeration
- 9. This character follows the yellow brick road to the emerald city to obtain some ruby slippers because "there is no place like home".
- 12. The person telling the story (not to be confused with the author).
- 13. a character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character.
- 14. An expression, idea, or action that has been overused to the point of seeming worn out, stale, ineffective, or meaningless.
- 15. The pairing of two opposites. Ex. The loud silence
- 16. A long narrative poem about someone who does heroic deeds. Ex. The Odyssey
- 17. Words that imitate sounds.
- 18. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
- 19. A literary work that is written to amuse or entertain a reader.
Down
- 1. Mental picture created by the way the author writes.
- 3. Story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. ex. animal farm
- 4. Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
- 6. Reference to a well known character or event from history, literature, pop culture, etc...
- 8. Which character builds a monster and brings him to life with electricity?
- 10. The main character in a story.
- 11. An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event to an earlier occurrence.
- 13. Repetition of a beginning sound for effect. Ex. Peter Piper Picked