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