Short Stories and Literary Terms

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