Across
- 4. The attitude the narrator/author has toward the subject and theme, and based on particular stylistic devices employed by the author.
- 6. A literary tool, which serves as a lens through which readers observe other characters, events and happenings.
- 8. The relation in which a narrator/author stands to a subject of discourse. Requires the reader to establish the historical perspective of what is being said.
- 13. A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work.
- 15. An author provides textual clues to show a character’s motivation and intent.
- 17. The feeling, emotion, or mood a writer conveys to a reader through the description of setting and objects.
- 19. An implicit comparison or identification of one thing with another, without the use of “like” or “as.”
- 20. The implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase.
Down
- 1. An author overtly reveals a character’s personality by directly telling you about him or her.
- 2. Use of a person, place, thing, event, or pattern that figuratively represents or “stands for” something else.
- 3. The explicit or direct meaning of a word or expression; the dictionary definition.
- 5. Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person by endowing it with human features or qualities.
- 7. A feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece as well as the writer/narrator’s attitude and point of view.
- 9. The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables.
- 10. A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases to make an idea clearer. As a rhetorical device, it could be a word, a phrase or a full sentence or a poetic line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text.
- 11. Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language, usually to make a point or draw attention.
- 12. A recurring image, sound, action or other figure that has a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme.
- 14. A sensory detail or evocation in a work to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. Involves any or all of the five senses.
- 16. The central or dominant idea or focus of a work. The statement a passage makes about its subject.
- 18. A direct, explicit comparison of one thing to another, using the words “like” or “as.”