Essential Literary Terms Puzzle

1. / The method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer.
7. / The manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities.
9. / Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
11. / Technique that keeps the reader guessing what will happen next.
13. / One thing used to represent something else;usually appears several times throughout a book or work.
14. / Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
16. / Direct speech between characters in a literary work.
18. / Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
21. / The sequence of events in a literary work.
22. / Word choice to create a specific effect.
24. / Voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking.
25. / Hint of what is to come in a literary work.
26. / The author's attitude toward the subject of a work.
28. / Dramatic when the reader or audience knows something a character does not.
30. action / Results or effects of the climax of a literary work.

2. / Struggle between two or more opposing forces.
3. / An implied comparison between dissimilar objects.
4. / Language that appeals to the five senses.
5. / A character that is the source of conflict in a literary work.
6. / An implied comparison between dissimilar objects.
8. / Extreme exaggeration to add meaning.
10. / The underlying main idea of a literary work.
12. / The main character in a literary work.
15. language / Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar.
17. / Type or category to which a literary work belongs.
19. / The time and place of a literary work.
20. / Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
23. / A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme.
27. / The essential background information at the beginning of a literary work.
29. / Group of lines forming a unit in a poem.