Fall Final Exam Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. extreme exaggeration
  2. 5. a literary device that combines two contradictory terms
  3. 10. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
  4. 11. the time and place where a story unfolds, encompassing the physical, social, and cultural environment
  5. 12. the person who opposes the main character
  6. 15. the perspective from which a story is told, affecting how the reader learns about the characters and events
  7. 18. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things to suggest a similarity, without using "like" or "as"
  8. 19. a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" to create a more vivid and imaginative description
  9. 21. the conversational element of literary or dramatic composition (such as a movie, play, or novel)
Down
  1. 1. interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or literary work) by interjection of events of earlier occurrence
  2. 2. a literary device that gives human qualities, actions, or emotions to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas
  3. 4. the main character in a story, around whom the plot revolves and whose actions drive the narrative forward
  4. 6. an object, person, situation, or action that has a literal meaning but also represents abstract ideas or concepts
  5. 7. an indication of what is to come
  6. 8. the sequence of events and actions that form the structure of a narrative, where one event causes the next
  7. 9. an expression in the usage of a language that has a meaning that cannot be understood from the combined meanings of its elements
  8. 13. the author's or narrator's attitude toward the subject matter
  9. 14. mental images from expressive language
  10. 16. the central, unifying idea or underlying message that a work explores, conveying statements about life, society, or humanity
  11. 17. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
  12. 20. the emotional atmosphere or feeling a work creates for the reader, evoked through elements like setting, tone, theme, and imagery