Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A sudden realization or understanding.
  2. 8. The expected outcome does not happen.
  3. 10. A person, human or non-human, in a story.
  4. 13. The series of event in a story.
  5. 15. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
  6. 17. The method of narration.
  7. 18. The audience knows something that the characters do not.
  8. 22. The central character the drives the plot.
  9. 24. The narrator is “all-knowing”, can see into the mind of ALL characters.
  10. 25. A struggle between opposing forces.
  11. 26. A feeling of growing tension, excitement, and/or fear that is felt by the reader.
  12. 27. Includes incidents and dialogue that propel the action
Down
  1. 1. A message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader. May be stated or implied.
  2. 2. One who tells the story.
  3. 4. The turning point of the story and the moment of greatest suspense,conflict is the most intense
  4. 5. A struggle that takes place within a character’s own mind.
  5. 6. An account of an event, conversation, etc. that occurred before the start of the story, or at an earlier time.
  6. 7. A person or force that opposes the protagonist.
  7. 9. Introduces the setting and characters, reveals or hints at the conflict
  8. 11. Reveals the story’s final outcome, ties up any loose ends
  9. 12. Hints are provided that suggest future events in a story.
  10. 14. The narrator is not a character, reveals the thoughts of ONE character.
  11. 16. Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself.
  12. 19. Told through the personal perspective of the narrator. “I,me,my”
  13. 20. A struggle between a character and an outside force.
  14. 21. Reveals the outcome of the climax, shows how the conflict was resolved,eases the tension
  15. 23. The opposite of what is meant is said.
  16. 26. The time and place in which the action occurs.