Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A style or form of expression that is characteristic of a particular person, type of art, etc.
  2. 8. The repetition of the initial consonant sound of words.
  3. 10. Range of pitch or type of tone, Expression.
  4. 14. The author's attitude toward the subject of work.
  5. 15. Extract selection.
  6. 16. Narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of 1 character.
  7. 17. The story of a person's life written by that person.
  8. 20. Dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker.
  9. 22. To be different, especially in a way that is very obvious.
  10. 25. A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
  11. 26. Briefly conveys the essential idea of the paragraph.
  12. 28. Shortened, cut short.
  13. 30. An explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
  14. 34. A question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.
  15. 35. The state of two things that are directly opposite to each other.
  16. 36. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. Typically a moral or political one.
  17. 37. The use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly by using fewer words.
  18. 38. Prolonged, cause to cover a larger area or to last longer.
  19. 39. The story of a person's life written by someone else.
  20. 41. To be as good or as bad as something else, to be on the same level.
Down
  1. 1. Only suggests or inferred by the supporting details. The author does not state it directly.
  2. 2. Short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious, or moral lesson.
  3. 4. Incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs.
  4. 5. The underlying main idea of a literary work.
  5. 6. Very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, vivid, and ephmeral than ordinary language.
  6. 7. Language that represents one thing in terms of something dissimilar.
  7. 9. A comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way.
  8. 11. Admitting of a point claimed in argument.
  9. 12. Characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech writing.
  10. 13. Use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, or deriding vice, folly.
  11. 18. A sentence made up of two parts that are roughly equal in length, importance, and grammatical structure.
  12. 19. One thing used to represent something else.
  13. 21. Use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.
  14. 23. The structure or arrangement of related or connected ideas.
  15. 24. Done without plan, organized, or rehearsed.
  16. 27. Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar typical of a geographical region.
  17. 29. A reference to something well-known that exists outside the literary work.
  18. 31. Hints that give the reader help on difficult or on unusual words.
  19. 32. Dictionary definition.
  20. 33. The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.
  21. 40. A work intended for performance by actors on a stage.