Across
- 3. Type of character: represents a larger idea.
- 6. Type of character: remains the same throughout a story or novel.
- 9. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
- 10. A pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length
- 14. Words that suggest the opposite of what is meant
- 15. The ordinary form of written language. Most writing is prose with the exception of poetry, drama, and songs
- 17. The voice in a poem. NOT always the author.
- 19. The third part of the PLOT that offers the highest point of action; this is the moment the reader has been waiting for
- 21. A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in a rhymed iambic pentameter
- 23. The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
- 24. A conversation between characters
- 26. The dictionary meaning of a word
- 28. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
- 32. Sound words (pop, ring, sizzle)
- 36. The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words. This often appears with alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyme.
- 37. This occurs when a writer gives human characteristics to non-human objects
- 39. The process through which an author reveals the personality of a character.
- 40. A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as, My love is a rose . . .
- 45. Two plots within a work that are usually linked
- 46. Type of character: not highly developed.
- 47. A character who provides a contrast to another character, the characters seem to be opposites
- 48. A regular patter of rhyme
- 50. Language that appeals to any of the five senses. Because of the way something is described, a reader can see it, or hear it, or feel it, etc.
- 52. A play on words
- 54. Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed
- 55. A character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist
- 58. This is the part of plot that leads up to the climax
- 59. The repeated use of any element of language including a sound, word, phrase, etc.
- 60. Explains ideas about real people, places, ideas or events
- 62. The rhythmical pattern of a poem that is formed with stressed and unstressed syllables
- 64. A brief work of fiction
- 67. Type of character: makes a significant change in a story or novel.
- 68. the author's choice of words
- 69. Extreme exaggeration
Down
- 1. An expression that is characteristic of a language, region, community, or class of people. The literal meaning and figurative meaning are very different. Ex: Got up on the wrong side of the bed, break a leg, etc.
- 2. Writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
- 4. A person, animal, or entity in a literary work
- 5. The sequence of events in a story. The plot includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
- 7. Poetry not written in a regular patter of meter or rhyme
- 8. A short speech delivered by a character in a play in order to express his or her true thoughts and feelings. Aside are presumed unheard by other actors.
- 11. A statement that seems contradictory but actually may be true, an unexpected insight
- 12. The repetition of initial consonant sounds (she sells sea shells)
- 13. The feeling an author intends to create in the reader
- 16. A combination of words that contradict each other, controlled chaos or killing with kindness are examples
- 18. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. (You have seen these often on your vocabulary homework)
- 20. A central idea of a work of literature that is evident from actions and events in it. Often a life lesson, moral, truth, or big idea.
- 22. Ideas or tone associated with a word. Calling someone a dog has a negative connotation associated with that person's appearance
- 23. Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted as literal
- 25. The final part of the plot that brings the story to a close
- 27. The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines
- 29. a conflict with a person, animal, natural disaster, or an item
- 30. When and/or where and/or the circumstances in which a story takes place
- 31. Type of character: complex and highly developed.
- 33. A speech by one character that, unlike a soliloquy, is addressed to another character or characters
- 34. Rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry
- 35. A technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation
- 38. A group of lines in a poem that acts like a paragraph in a poem
- 39. A struggle between opposing forces in a literary work. Internal Conflict- a conflict with him or herself (within a character).
- 41. The form of language spoken in a particular region or group that may involve changes in pronunciation
- 42. A story written to be performed on stage, a play
- 43. The main character in a literary work
- 44. This occurs when the reader or viewer knows something a character does not know
- 49. The first part of the plot that introduces the characters, basic situations, and setting
- 51. This occurs when a reader expects something and gets the opposite or says something and means the opposite
- 53. The writer's attitude towards his or her work. Readers can recognize the tone by examining the word choice
- 56. A fiction, nonfiction, poetic, or dramatic STORY
- 57. The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables (the wide slide would not glide)
- 61. A means by which an author presents material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative
- 63. A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
- 65. The pattern of beats or stresses
- 66. Anything that stands for something else, especially a large idea or concept