Across
- 1. figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for special effect
- 5. a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are combined
- 8. arrangement according to space
- 9. attempt to analyze and evaluate literary works by the application of universal principles, distinctions, and criteria
- 12. a sentence in which the basic grammatical form and essential meaning are not completed until the end is reached; the effect is formal and oratorical
- 13. figures of speech (similes, metaphors, etc.) the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures
- 16. the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests it meaning
- 17. plunging into the middle of a story and only later using a flashback to tell what has happened previously
- 19. the viewpoint from which a story is told
- 20. The voice speaking in a work who is the author's creation, not the author himself
- 23. a contrast or incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected and what actually happens
- 24. a sentence in which the parts are joined in a continuous and running fashion so that the sentence could be concluded by inserting a period at one or more places before the actual close; the effect is relaxed and conversational
- 26. a statement that reveals a truth, although it seems at first to be self-contradictory and untrue
- 27. a figure of speech in which something very closely associated with an object used to stand for or suggest the object itself; designation of one thing with something closely related to it
- 28. a misuse of words in which a word sounds similar to another is substituted for it with comic effect
- 31. a story in mythology or a system of narrative which tells of the actions of supernatural beings who are identified with the immense powers of the universe
- 32. a reoccurring feature or theme in a work of literature
Down
- 2. arrangement according to logic
- 3. Order arrangement according to natural time sequence
- 4. excessive pride in oneself and one's abilities
- 6. emphasis on the critic's personal emotional response evoked by the work
- 7. a figure of speech in which something non-human is given human qualities
- 10. the technique of reversing or inverting the normal word order of a sentence
- 11. a figure of speech that makes an implied comparison between two dissimilar things
- 14. syntactic subordination by the use of conjunctions
- 15. a piece meant to ridicule by exaggerating the most characteristic elements of the work, person, or attitude criticized
- 18. Epic treatment of a trivial subject in the grand heroic style of the epic
- 19. the humorous imitation of a work of literature
- 21. a literary movement of the late 19th century 20th century, which grew out of Realism and portrayed characters whose lives were shaped by forces of nature or society which they could not control or understand
- 22. literature into which the writer projects his private experiences, dispositions, and feelings
- 25. literature in which the author merely presents his invented characters and their thoughts, feelings, and actions, himself remaining non-committed and uninvolved
- 29. the placing of clauses or phrases one after another without coordinating or subordinating connectives
- 30. the use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar or complementary