Short Stories and Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 1. story is told from the viewpoint of one character
  2. 3. the character narrates his or her own experience directly
  3. 4. the perspective from which the story is told
  4. 6. the overall emotional impressions of a work
  5. 7. highest point of interest
  6. 8. to give advanced warning or to hint at something yet to happen
  7. 9. how the story plays out
  8. 10. is the environment where the story takes place
  9. 12. expect one thing to happen, but the opposite occurs
  10. 15. the way that the author describes the characters
  11. 18. this is thte incident that causes the climax to occur
  12. 20. something that stands for or suggests something else
  13. 21. language that creates pictures in a reader's mind to bring to life the experiences and feelings described in the work
  14. 22. the people, animals or inanimate objects portrayed in the story
  15. 23. saying one thing, but meaning the opposite
  16. 24. the story's main ideas or the message the author wants to get across
Down
  1. 1. author is outside the story and presents the thaughts of all the characters involved as an objective observer
  2. 2. clear information about someone or something
  3. 5. audience knows something that characters in the story don't know
  4. 11. central source of tension and drama in the story
  5. 13. the attitude throughout the story
  6. 14. series of events after the climax
  7. 16. series of events leading up to the climax
  8. 17. reader is held in doubt as to the outcome
  9. 19. to show or emphasize differences