Literary Terms Review - English 9H

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Across
  1. 3. Word choice
  2. 5. A story in which characters represent abstract qualities or ideas
  3. 6. A hint to the reader about the general direction of the plot
  4. 8. The use of descriptive language to appeal to one or more of the reader’s senses (sound, sight, smell, taste, or touch
  5. 9. The message the author intends to convey through his or her writing
  6. 11. A mild or less negative usage for a harsh/blunt term
  7. 15. The art of writing or speaking effectively to persuade a reader/audience.
  8. 16. A source of drama/tension in a literary work; a problem
  9. 18. Language that is not literal, in that it does not mean exactly what it says
  10. 20. The overall emotional feeling of a literary work
  11. 21. The feeling/emotion that a word invokes in addition to the literal meaning of the word
  12. 22. The time and place of a story
  13. 23. Using the same word or line more than once or using the same sound or sentence structure over and over again
  14. 24. Takes the reader to an earlier part of the story
  15. 25. An indirect reference to something outside the literary work
Down
  1. 1. The literal or primary meaning of a word; the “dictionary” definition
  2. 2. The exact words of conversation taking place between characters
  3. 4. An extreme exaggeration
  4. 5. The repetition of initial letters/sounds at the beginnings of adjacent words
  5. 7. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form (follows a basic grammatical structure; words/phrases arranged into sentences and paragraphs); not poetry
  6. 9. The feeling an author intends to convey to the reader about his or her subject. Tone contributes to the overall mood of a work
  7. 10. The use of an object to represent a bigger, abstract idea
  8. 12. A comparison in which one thing is compared to a markedly different object, concept, or experience by using the words “like” or “as”
  9. 13. A comparison of two things made without using the words “like” or “as”
  10. 14. The main character in a work of literature. This character is the focus of the plot and he or she usually changes in some way
  11. 16. The method used by the author to give readers information about a character; a description or representation of a person’s qualities/personality
  12. 17. A poet
  13. 19. The expression of a certain idea by saying or showing the opposite