Across
- 3. relating to things that are not regarded as spiritual, religious or sacred.
- 4. to walk in a slow and relaxed manner
- 7. controlled or restrained
- 8. a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event or other literary work which the reader is presumably familiar.
- 9. a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
- 11. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something
- 13. a person who supports the established customs and beliefs of his or her society or group, and does not want to change them
- 14. a flowering shrub in the same family as hollyhocks and cotton. It grows throughout the world in warm to temperate sub-tropical regions.
Down
- 1. to damage or show respect towards something holy or very much respected
- 2. the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
- 4. the state of being serious and dignified.
- 5. this refers to when an author places two contrasting ideas, characters, objects and settings side-by-side to highlight their differences
- 6. this is when the writer hints at future events in a story.
- 10. to order or command
- 12. an offensive term to describe a person who does not practice a ‘standard’ religion e.g. Christianity