Across
- 1. The time and place of a literary work that establishes its context.
- 4. The speed at which the story moves between exposition The parts of the story that set the stage and give readers background information.
- 9. Describes something by comparing it to something else. Often, writers use something tangible/concrete to describe something intangible/abstract.
- 10. The purposeful literary choices an author makes to distinguish his/her writing.
- 11. The narrator is not a character in the story (uses 3rd person pronouns such as: they, he, she, theirs, etc.)
- 12. Hints of what is to come in the action of a story.
- 13. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work. The conflict may occur within a character as well as between characters or between a character and some force- society, fate, nature, etc.
- 14. The main character of a literary work around whom the events of the plot revolve and with whom readers are intended to connect and identify with.
- 17. An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.
- 18. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself. Often connected to the themes.
- 19. The perspective from which the story is told. Shapes the meaning of the story.
- 21. A character or force against which another character struggles.
- 22. The sequence of events; what happens in the story
- 23. The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience.
Down
- 2. The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work.
- 3. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, different than the author.
- 5. People (or things with human qualities) in a work. May be major or minor, static (unchanging) or dynamic (capable of change).
- 6. A deep idea or issue about human nature explored in the story. The big idea or overall meaning.
- 7. In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution.
- 8. A set of conflicts and crises that lead up to the climax. Readers are anticipating some kind of event or epiphany during this stage of the story.
- 15. The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story. The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, different than the author.
- 16. The turning point of the plot- one marking a change in the protagonist’s affairs. The climax represents the point of greatest tension and excitement in the work.
- 17. The narrator is a character or an observer (uses 1st person pronouns such as: I, me, we, our, us, etc.)
- 20. A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature.