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Literary Terms
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Across: 2. The leading character, the hero 5. Spoken to the reader/audience, not the other characters 7. Facts given by the author, support tone of a written work 8. A comparison of two different things/ideas using the words "like" or "as" 10. A category defined by a particular form or content 11. Identical sound of some part (usually the end) of words 12. The words the author chooses and how they effect the work. 13. Comparison of an unfamiliar object with a familiar one. 15. An extended narrative poem in dignified language 16. Sequence of events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem. 17. An individual line of a poem 19. A moral tale, often using animals to show human behavior. 20. Used to show ideas beyond the normal definition of the word 21. The author's attitude toward his or her audience and subject. 22. A direct comparison between two unrelated objects (w/o like or as) 23. Struggle between opposing forces, creates action of the plot. 24. Conversation between characters.
Down: 1. A long poem celebrating something specific 3. The central message revealed through a literary work 4. A work which criticizes something or someone with humor 6. A final section of a work which concludes the story 7. Falling action, any events after the resolution of the conflict 8. When and where the story takes place 9. Direct description or indirect character development by the author 10. A species of small beings that inhabit the interior of the earth 14. Hints or clues by the author about future events in the story or poem 18. Contrast between the expected and what actually happens, often humorous 22. Atmosphere created in a literary work by the author with setting and details
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