Lit. Terms Crossword
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 
 
Down: 1) character struggles against an outside force3) narrator plays no part in story but can tell us what all characters are things and feeling, etc.5) Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality7) complex and have different traits9) writer tells us directly what character is like10) style of fiction, in which fantasy and reality are casually combined, producing humorous and thought-provoking results11) word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level13) all the problems of the story are resolved and the story is brought to a close15) struggle or class between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.16) most intense moment in plot, something reveals how conflict will turn out17) basic situation/type of writing that explains, gives info, or clarifies an idea.19) main character in fiction or drama.27) have only one or two personality traits and can be summed up in a single phrase28) Unsuccessful attempts by a character to resolve a conflict30) occurs when reader or audience knows something important that a character doesn't31) Vantage point from which a writer narrates, or tells, a story34) series of related events that make up a story or drama Across: 2) does not change much in course of a story4) central idea or insight about human life revealed by a work of literature6) Narrator is a character in the story, "I," only hear and see what narrator hears and sees.8) We have to put clues together to figure out what a character is like.12) figure of speech that makes comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, etc.14) individual in a story, poem, or play16) method used by author to present a character-- how a write reveals character18) attitude writer takes toward a subject, character, or reader20) scene in movie, play, etc. that interrupts present action of the plot to shift into the future21) Reference to a statement, a person, a place, an event, or a thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science.22) a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes23) Struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character24) Language that appeals to the senses25) time and place of story or play26) changes in some important ways as a result of the story's action29) the resolution of a story32) figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unseeingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.33) a statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction, but reveals the truth35) what actually happens is the opposite of what is expect for appropriate36) Use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot37) type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human38) character or force which blocks the main character39) narrator who plays no part in story zooms in on thoughts and feelings of one character40) person place or thing that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself 41) speaker says one thing but means another.
 

 

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