Across
- 2. Syn: Forethought, readiness
- 6. An inscription, as a status or building / a motto or quotation, as in the beginning of a literary composition, setting forth a theme
- 8. Ant: Shamelessness
- 11. Contrast between what is claimed to be and what really is / the use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meanings
- 13. Syn: Antagonistic, harmful
- 14. Syn: Circuitous, indirect, iroundalout
Down
- 1. A clue given to the reader or audience of what is to come
- 2. A device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the story. Techniques include memories, dreams, stories, of the past told by characters, or even authorial sovereignty.
- 3. N: Professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one’s true beliefs or actions; insincerity
- 4. V: To move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state
- 5. Syn: Antique, dated, disused
- 7. Ant: Lively, strong
- 9. A moment of enlightenment in which the underlying truth, essential nature, or real meaning of something is suddenly made clean to characters or reader
- 10. V: to calm or pacify
- 12. Ant: Friendly, welcoming