Literary Terms, Elements, and Devices Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection
  2. 5. A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, usually using the words like or as
  3. 13. The repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in the interviewing vowels, such as pitter-patter or pish-posh
  4. 14. The omission or absence of conjunctions between parts of a sentence
  5. 15. A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes
  6. 17. The person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of a poem
  7. 20. A person, place, thing, event, or pattern in a literary work that designates itself and at the same time figuratively represents or "stands for" something else
  8. 21. Treating an abstraction or non human object as if it were a person, by endowing it with human qualities
  9. 24. The way a character develops over the course of the story
  10. 27. The organization or arrangement of the various elements in a work
  11. 29. A French word meaning "unknotting" or "unwinding"; refers to the outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath or resolution that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot
  12. 31. The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrase or clauses
  13. 32. Broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke feelings
  14. 33. The character who tells the story; or in poetry the persona
  15. 38. To hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand
  16. 44. An extended metaphor in a poem
  17. 45. An address or invocation to something that is inanimate, such as an angry lover who screams at the ocean in despair
Down
  1. 1. The more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
  2. 2. A figure of speech that consists of the use of the same of one object or concept for that of another to refer to the object
  3. 3. A pause in a line or verse, indicated by natural speech patterns rather than due to specific metrical patterns
  4. 4. A legend or short moral story often using animals as characters
  5. 6. A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant
  6. 7. The voice or figure of the author who tells and structures the story and who may or may not share the values of the actual author
  7. 8. The placing of two items or ideas side by side to create a certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some purpose of the writer
  8. 9. An understatement for rhetorical effect
  9. 10. The use of conjunctions in close succession
  10. 11. A metrical foot of poetry consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
  11. 12. Medias Res Refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filling in past details by exposition or flashback
  12. 16. Also called unlimited focus; a perspective that can be seen from one character's view to another, or can be moved in or out of the mind of any character at any time
  13. 18. A short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson through the use of analogy
  14. 19. The use of similar forms in writing for nouns, verbs, phrases, or thoughts
  15. 22. Language A technique in writing in which the author temporarily interrupts the order, construction or meaning of the writing for a particular effect; opposite of literal language
  16. 23. When a part is used to signify a whole
  17. 25. The sequential repetition of similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually heard in closely proximate stressed syllables
  18. 26. The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, grammatical structures or ideas
  19. 28. A drama in which a character (usually good and noble and of high rank) is brought to a disastrous end in his or her confrontation with a superior force
  20. 29. The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group of people
  21. 30. A foot of poetry consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable
  22. 34. The repetition of the same or similar sounds, most often at the end of lines
  23. 35. A generalized, abstract paraphrase of the inferred central or dominant idea or concern of a work; the statement a poem makes about its subject
  24. 36. the modulation of weak and strong 9stressed and unstressed syllables0 elements in the flow of speech
  25. 37. The struggle between the opposing forces on which the action in a work of literature depends
  26. 39. A direct and specific meaning often referred to as the dictionary dictionary meaning of a word
  27. 40. One thing that is pictured as if it were something else, suggesting a likeness or analogy between them. It is an implicit comparison without using like or as
  28. 41. The attitude a literary work has towards its subject and theme; the tenor of a piece of writing based on particular stylistic devices
  29. 42. A poetic stanza of four lines
  30. 43. The time and place of the action in a story, poem, or play
  31. 46. A lyric poem that is somewhat serious in subject matter and treatment, elevated in style and sometimes uses elaborate stanza structure