Vocabulary Cross Word Review

2. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
6. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) to create a vivid mental picture.
7. A literary device in which a writer gives hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
9. A literary device in which the intended meaning of words or events is opposite to their literal or expected meaning.
11. A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."
12. The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
14. The author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience.
15. The emotional atmosphere or tone created by the author's choice of words and details.
16. of View (POV): The perspective from which a story is told (first person, second person, third person limited, or third person omniscient).
18. A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things, suggesting that they are alike.

1. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities beyond their literal meaning.
3. The sequence of events in a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
4. Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human entities or abstract concepts.
5. The struggle between opposing forces, which is essential to the plot of a story.
8. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
10. The time and place in which a story unfolds.
13. A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the author expects the reader to recognize.
17. The central idea or underlying message in a literary work.