Across
- 2. a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present
- 4. of speech the tools a writer uses to create imagery. These include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole.
- 6. by the world around her, and who also has a very dark past with residual emotional trauma coming to the forefront.
- 8. that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) it can be LITERAL or FIGURATIVE
- 10. when reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning; a contrast between what is expected and what occurs
- 11. type or category to which a literary work belongs
- 12. a character, object, or scene that sets off another by contrast (e.g., Ned Flanders is a foil to Homer Simpson)
- 13. literary works of imagination; people and events are not real (but can be true to life)
- 15. occurs in poetry when a phrase in one line continues into the next. This means that there is no punctuation cutting up the idea of the phrase, and no signal for the reader to pause. The phrase is read as if it were one long line of poetry, but it is written as two (or more) lines
Down
- 1. is an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. This particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story; introduces the conflict or problems which have to be solved
- 2. events or information presented to prepare for later events
- 3. The fact of putting things that are not similar next to each other in order to show a contrast – to show how different these things are. Juxtaposition can occur between characters, settings, events, ideas, actions, pictures or scenes in a film/novel.imagery
- 5. characterization This is a more subtle way of introducing the character to the audience. The audience has to infer or deduce for themselves the characteristics of the character by observing his/her thought process, behavior, speech, way of talking, appearance, and manner of communication with other characters, as well as by discerning the response of other characters. The two methods of characterization fall under the decision to “show” or to “tell”. Indirect characterization “shows” the reader. Direct characterization “tells” the reader.
- 7. The term idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning can’t be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it. The phrase is understood to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply.
- 9. Exaggerated statement or claim – not meant to be taken literallyEx. This bag weighs a ton. OR The shopping cost me a million dollars.
- 14. description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) it can be LITERAL or FIGURATIVE