Literary Terms for Short Stories and Novels

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Across
  1. 2. the denouement of the plot or the events after the most interesting event in the story
  2. 3. the part of the plot that reveals the setting and other important background information
  3. 7. repeated use of a symbol, setting, theme, etc.
  4. 8. The reader knows something the characters do not know.
  5. 9. details by the author to create mental picture for the reader
  6. 12. the part of the plot that contains the end
  7. 13. the most intense or interesting part of the plot
  8. 14. the point of view when the narrator is a character in the story he/she is telling
Down
  1. 1. when the reader learns about a character by what other characters say or inferences
  2. 4. an image that represents an idea or thing
  3. 5. the author's point about a particular topic
  4. 6. the events leading to the most intense event in a story
  5. 10. the storyteller
  6. 11. the way a writer feels about his/her characters