Literature Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Technique in which two unrelated objects are compared for their shared qualities.
  2. 5. A story within a story; has a “surface story” and another story hidden underneath.
  3. 8. Everyday speech; the way people talk in day-to-day life.
  4. 9. When the author uses details to teach us about a person.
  5. 10. The placement of two or more things side by side, often in order to bring out their differences.
Down
  1. 1. When the audience knows something the characters do not.
  2. 3. The logical fallacy (error) of arguing that someone is incorrect because they are unattractive, immoral, weird, or any other bad thing you could say about them as a person.
  3. 4. Refers to the tales people tell – folk stories, fairy tales, “tall tales,” and even urban legends.
  4. 6. Figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing.
  5. 7. The first paragraph or paragraphs in which the characters, setting (time and place), and basic information is introduced.