Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 2. when the audience/reader knows information that a character(s) do not
  2. 5. descriptions that are written right on the page.
  3. 7. How the conflict is resolved, or if not resolved the new situation at the ending
  4. 9. characters that change from beginning to end
  5. 11. The conflict becomes more complicated and builds toward the climax
  6. 12. A comparison in which one thing stands for another or one thing is stated to be another
  7. 13. The way in which the author reveals the characters to the reader. It includes how they look, what they say, what they do, think, feel, how they interact with others, and what other characters say about them.
  8. 14. The new direction of the momentum after the climax
  9. 16. The problem(s) in the story
  10. 17. The author’s message, what the author is saying about the world through the story
  11. 20. The turning point, where the momentum shifts to a new direction
  12. 22. the narrator is a character in the story and tells the story from his/her own perspective using “I”
  13. 24. Includes the time and place, it can be general or specific
  14. 25. includes the point of view and perspective of the narrator
  15. 28. The narrator or character says the opposite of what is meant
  16. 29. the opposite of what is expected happens
  17. 30. The opposite of what is expected
  18. 32. when the reader uses information to make inferences to make predictions and judgments about what kind of people the characters are.
Down
  1. 1. Repeated ideas, characters, plot lines, etc. that appear in literature across genres and ages
  2. 3. man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. unknown, man vs. nature
  3. 4. when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of many characters
  4. 6. man vs. self
  5. 8. A person, setting, or item that has a meaning of its own but also stands for something more outside of itself
  6. 10. The main character
  7. 15. when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one or no characters
  8. 18. The beginning of the story, where the reader learns the setting, some characters, and some part of the conflict
  9. 19. the narrator is outside the story
  10. 21. The character in opposition to the main character
  11. 23. characters that stay the same throughout
  12. 26. Hints at what is to come later in the story
  13. 27. When the story shifts to a previous point in time or memory revealed through the narrator
  14. 31. A comparison that uses like or “as”