Across
- 4. sincere and intense conviction
- 7. made discontinuous by smaller interposed leaflets or intervals of bare stem
- 10. A frame story is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story
- 13. too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest
- 14. a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action
- 15. An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility is compromised
- 17. A regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary
- 18. a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true
- 19. the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or hypocrisy
Down
- 1. seal off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving
- 2. intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval
- 3. A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual
- 5. attract the attention of and detain someone in conversation
- 6. intensely irritating and frustrating
- 8. beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience
- 9. excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
- 11. the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university
- 12. endless
- 16. cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble