Across
- 2. Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.
- 5. irony, A point in the narrative where the outcome is very different from what is expected. Includes the use of contradictions and contrasts.
- 10. language, words that create vivid pictures in your mind
- 11. scheme, the pattern of rhyming lines (ABAB)
- 14. The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience; be sure to reference the five senses
- 15. Longer contradictory statement that seems false until you examine the saying or story more.
- 16. The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will happen later in the plot used to build suspense for the reader
- 18. A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things; draws resemblance with the help of the words "like" or "as"
- 19. The act of placing two contrasting or opposing ideas, images, or words side by side or near each other for effect.
- 20. A figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two unrelated things that happen to share a common characteristic.
- 21. two terms appear to contradict each other ("I must be cruel only to be kind.")
- 22. irony, A point in the narrative where the reader or audience knows something significant that the characters do not.
- 24. identical or similar concluding syllables in different words are repeated
- 25. repetition, at close intervals, of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words
- 27. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- 30. the repetition of consonant sound, especially at the beginnings of words
- 32. The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
- 33. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose
Down
- 1. the associations called up by a word beyond its dictionary definition
- 3. action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding.
- 4. A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.
- 6. A speaker or writer's choice of words.
- 7. The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work or the audience, revealed through diction and figurative language.
- 8. Giving human characteristics to something non-human
- 9. An image or object that stands for something else; Usually something concrete representing an abstract feeling or idea
- 12. the dictionary definition of a word
- 13. The main idea or underlying meaning of a text; expands on some of the major subjects that the text is about
- 15. a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases
- 17. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
- 23. An atmosphere created by a writer's diction (word choice) and the details selected.
- 26. the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
- 28. recurring symbol
- 29. the narrative voice of the poem
- 31. Convey a meaning that is opposite of what is actually said. Test phrasing = what's ironic