Literary Terms Review Crossword

How literature is categorized based on literary conventions
A type of fictional story usually written in prose
A longer work of fictional prose
Literary art form where writers use figurative language and other poetic devices
A type of fiction characterized by performance of actors
Narrative literature that contains imaginary characters and events
Narrative literature where the characters are real and events actually happened
A type of literature written about someone by another person
A type of literature written by someone about his or her own life
Fictional story where the main characters non-humans, such as animals or mythical creatures, but have the qualities of humans
Genre where characters and events are often set in the future where science and technology far surpasses the present
A type of narrative that often involves human suffering, including death, in the story
A type of story designed for humor
Where a story takes place in time and location
Examples are protagonist, antagonist, hero/heroine, who are the people that move the plot along and the reason that many readers stay with a story
How the story is told by the narrator or author; either first, second, or third person
Events in the story from the beginning until the end
This important part of a story often prevents the characters from achieving their goals but allows them to grow from the experiences and then continue onward in their journey
A very exciting section of the story where the main conflict is resolved
This is how the story ends and happens after the climax
The central idea of the story, which is often abstract (greed, love, coming of age)
Words used to express how the author feels about the text
How the reader feels about the text while reading
The person who tells the story and can be limited or omniscient
When an author intentionally makes a reference to another work, such as another piece of literature, a piece of artwork, or a time, place or person
Words used to evoke pictures in the minds of the readers
An exaggeration used for humorous or dramatic effect
The words that characters speak
A physical object that represents an abstraction like an idea or feeling
Words used that often mean something different or the opposite of what they mean
Part of a story that happened before the current action which is brought out through characters' dreams or storytelling
When the author alludes to upcoming events without directly stating that they will happen
When the storyteller or narrator builds excitement in a scene, often prior to the climax
When words, symbols, themes or other parts of the story are used more than once
Descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the the five senses
Compares two things where one IS the other
Compares two things using like or as
Where non-human things are given human qualities