This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 26 clues. Answers range from 4 to 22 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
a conversation between two persons
when and where the story takes place
in a narrative, the person telling the story
the main character in a literary work
A character or force in conflict with the main character
a struggle between two opposing forces
a logical guess based on evidence or reasoning
the universal message of a story
the perspective from which the story is told
a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech
writer is not in the story but knows and decribes all the character's thoughts and ideas
The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening
the practice of using a person, thing, or object to represent something else
The writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers).
the overall feeling of a story
a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
giving human traits to non-living things
the main idea of an essay to be proved/explained (subject + two opinions)
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
a long speech in which one character speaks at length to another character
a reference to a well-known person, place, or event
an argument that opposes your claim
when an author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story