Literary Elements Challenge

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Across
  1. 3. The use of indicative words or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and provide the reader with a hint as to what is going to happen
  2. 6. an overused simile
  3. 9. The author's attitude toward the writing
  4. 11. main character's enemy or rival in a story
  5. 12. A description that appeals to one or more of the five senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, smell)
  6. 14. informal expressions, inappropriate to former writing
  7. 16. The type or category of writing – like mystery, science fiction, romance, fantasy, etc.
  8. 17. A struggle between two opposing forces
  9. 18. The main character (or hero) of the story
  10. 20. a character who undergoes significant internal change throughout a story
  11. 21. When a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not what it seems to be, but the exact opposite
  12. 24. The central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work
  13. 26. words spoken by the characters in a story
  14. 27. The general atmosphere created by the author's words
  15. 28. giving human qualities to objects
  16. 30. uses repetition of words or phrases at the end
Down
  1. 1. The method used by the author to develop a character
  2. 2. A scene injected into a story that takes the story back to a previous point in time
  3. 4. Where and when a story takes place
  4. 5. focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is important
  5. 7. Ex Machina: An incidence where an implausible concept or character is brought into the story in order to make the conflict in the story resolve and to bring about a pleasing solution
  6. 8. An extreme exaggeration used for dramatic effect
  7. 9. A serious work in which the main character experiences defeat, brought about by a calamitous flaw
  8. 10. a character who stays the same throughout a story
  9. 13. A character in a story who contrasts with the main character in order to highlight one of the main character's attributes
  10. 15. The part of a story where the characters, setting and background information are introduced
  11. 19. literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it
  12. 22. humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work
  13. 23. body of writings recognized by authority, books of the western world recognized by authorities, critics, great books
  14. 25. The turning point or most exciting moment in a story
  15. 29. An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning