Literary Terms Crossword

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s point more coherent.
nversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for INVERSION.
Rhetorical opposites. Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure. Example: Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. OR Patience is bitter but has a sweet fruit.
Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words... “I came, I saw, I conquered.” (Julius Caesar)
A character who does not change much in the course of a story
A word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.
The “end game” of a work of fiction. More than how the plot comes out; suggests the ways in which several plot elements work out toward the end of a text or film.
A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died.
The technique—often used in poetry or songs— of having a thought continue from one line to another without punctuation marks. Example: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
A form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form: “My A+ grade is not bad!”
A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it. “We requested from the crown support for our petition.” The crown is used to represent the monarch.
An artistic work that imitates the style of another work; unlike a parody, a pastiche celebrates rather than mocks the work that it imitates.
A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal
POLYSYNDETON: A sentence which uses a conjunction with NO commas to separate the items in a series. Instead of X, Y, and Z... Polysyndeton results in X and Y and Z. The stringing together a series or words or phrases with conjunctions, usually to create a strong sense of rhythm.
A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit.
A figure of speech that makes an explicitly comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as , than, or resembles.
A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
The language spoken by the people who live in a particular locality.
A style of writing, developed in the nineteenth century, that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it. (1870- 1910) Example: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. “Jumbo shrimp.” “Pretty ugly.” “Bitter-sweet”
An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected.