Literary Techniques

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Across
  1. 1. The problem or struggle in the story (e.g., Man vs. Man)
  2. 7. Giving human feelings to an object, like "the angry wind"
  3. 8. Comparing two things using "like" or "as", like "brave as a lion".
  4. 9. A comparison that says one thing is another, like "The classroom was a zoo".
  5. 10. A huge exaggeration, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
  6. 11. The main character in a story, like Harry Potter.
Down
  1. 2. The people in a story (e.g., Harry, Ron, and Hermione)
  2. 3. Where and when a story takes place (e.g., Hogwarts in the 1990s)
  3. 4. The main lesson or message of the story (e.g., "Crime doesn't pay")
  4. 5. A word that sounds like the noise it makes, like "Buzz" or "Bang"
  5. 6. When the opposite of what you expect happens, like a fire station burning down