Literary Terms- 51/75 Crossword

in literature can help craft a story or steer an audience to a certain perspective
a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule
a device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect
an insightful monologue that conveys a character’s inner feelings, viewpoints and thoughts
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions
the use of informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing
a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature
a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist
the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense
used to express a variety of emotions, images, and expressions by combining and comparing to different objects or situation
a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of the lines in poems or songs
a foot containing unaccented and short syllables, followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem
a verse with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme
a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form
an imitation of a particular writer, artist, or genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect
often used by characters who are addressing a personification or an idea
a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases, and in the sentence, yet maintain grammatical accuracy
a literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock, often with satirical or ironic remarks, with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone, or some section of society, simultaneously
the use of specific phrases and words in a specific phrases and words in a specific situation, phrases and words
a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and parallel bravery
a type of art or literature characterized by a specific form, content, and style
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly
a statement that may see absurd or contradictory but yet can be true, or at least makes sense
a story with two levels of meaning