Literary Term Pre-Assessment Crossword
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
 
 
Down: 1) The character who grows or changes the most in a story.2) The point of view in which a character is telling the story. There is use of the pronouns: I, me, my, our, etc.3) A simple chacracter with only a couple of traits or qualities.4) The point of view in which the narrator is someone outside of the story. There is use of the pronouns: he, she, they, etc.5) The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples are: crash,bang, clang.7) A writing technique that involves suprising contradictions.8) The struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story.9) The most exciting point in a story.12) Anything that stands for or represents something else.16) A figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of “like” or “as.” Example:“On the football team, the defensive line was a concrete wall.”17) The author's message in a story. It is a generalization about human beings or about life. Across: 6) The time and place of the action in a literary work.10) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. An example is:“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”11) A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.An example is: “Sorrow walked through my door and sat down next to me.”13) The feeling created in the reader by the literary work.14) A figure of speech in which two things are compared with the use of “like”or “as. Example:“On the football team, the defensive line was as solid as a concrete wall.”15) The character or force in conflict with the main character in a story.17) A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.18) The sequence of events, or what happens, in a story.19) A character who remains unchanged in a story.20) The feeling that is evoked in a word.
 

 

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