Across
- 4. Language expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another, with which it may be regarded as an analogy: a metaphor or simile
- 5. something suggested by a word or thing: implication
- 7. direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
- 9. Language free from exaggeration or embellishment
- 10. competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons)
Down
- 1. a sequence of events in a story
- 2. the artistic representation (as in fiction or drama) of human character or motives
- 3. the time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops
- 6. qualified to participate or be chosen
- 8. lesson or message the author is trying to convey to the reader