Across
- 2. writing that appeals to the 5 senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
- 4. a recurrent element in literary works
- 9. character opposing the protagonist or creating conflict
- 12. a type of characterization or situation that is common is media (trope)
- 15. central message or life lesson
- 16. the author's attitude while writing a story
- 17. a sudden discovery or realization
- 18. an unexpected vivid memory
- 19. key aspects given importance and significance
- 20. the readers feelings while reading a story
- 21. a reference to something well known
- 24. accepted expression having a meaning different from the literal
- 25. a play on words that are similar in sound, but have different meanings
Down
- 1. a seemingly absurd statement that may prove to be true
- 3. reasoning behind a characters thoughts or actions
- 5. hints as to what happens later in the story
- 6. central character overcoming the conflict
- 7. facts revealed to help the reader better understand
- 8. giving animals, objects, or ideas human characteristics
- 10. dictionary definition of a word
- 11. a short personal story
- 13. outrageous exaggeration
- 14. emotional/implicit/suggested meaning of the word
- 22. two unlike things that are compared using like, than, or as
- 23. self contradicting word or phrase