Across
- 4. Full of excitement, meant to entertain
- 7. A short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point
- 8. Exaggerated, appeals directly to the senses of audience
- 10. Darker themes such as disaster, pain and death
- 11. Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting
- 14. Narrative of a person's life
- 15. Humorous story with blatant exaggerations
- 17. Reveals human behavior and phenomena; pertaining to the actions of the gods
Down
- 1. Focuses on a significant relationship between the writer and a person
- 2. Nonsensical, often overacts or engages slapstick humor
- 3. Lighter in tone and provides a happy conclusion
- 5. Reporting on news and current events
- 6. Public address or discourse
- 9. Strange or otherworldly settings or characters
- 12. A report of an experiment
- 13. Stories handed down by word of mouth
- 16. Story that has a basis in fact but also includes imaginative material