Across
- 3. a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people.
- 4. a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of events.
- 5. any struggle between opposing forces.
- 9. a person, place, thing, or idea.
- 11. language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
- 12. anything done without a script or any sort of plan.
- 15. a genre of literature that has a happy ending.
- 16. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.
- 17. recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after its occurrence.
- 20. comparing two unlike things without the use of like or as.
- 21. a statement that seems to contradict itself but could hold a small amount of truth.
- 22. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
- 23. the most intense part of the action within a story.
- 24. to hint at future events far before they happen.
- 26. a character directly addresses an audience or speaks his thoughts aloud while alone or while the other actors keep silent; he/she does not know they can be heard.
- 28. any speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person.
- 29. the underlying meaning in a story; a lesson to be learned.
- 30. a genre of literature in which the main character has a tragic flaw that ultimately leads to his/her downfall.
- 31. the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
Down
- 1. showing foolishness or vice in humans, organizations, or even governments through the use of sarcasm, ridicule, or irony.
- 2. a literary or dramatic person who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude.
- 3. a synonym for resolution.
- 6. The coming into being of something.
- 7. words that sounds like the sounds they represent.
- 8. a word that describes a noun.
- 10. giving human like characteristics to non-human things or inanimate objects.
- 13. comparing two unlike things using like or as.
- 14. the story line; the sequence of events in literature.
- 18. A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning.
- 19. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.
- 25. the ending of a story.
- 27. the use of descriptive language that helps to a mental picture for the reader.