Literary Devices Crossword

A genre that tells only about a certain period of time or about a certain story arc of the author's life
a repeated image, symbol, or theme throughout a work of literature
giving human like qualities to inanimate objects
when the audience knows something the characters in the story do not
a comparison using "like" or "as"
a comparison without using "like" or "as"
figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object
a worn out word or phrase
an exaggeration
using two contradictory terms together
the atmosphere of a work of literature
the author's attitude towards his/her writing
a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of multiple sentences throughout a piece of writing
an author indirectly hints at what’s to come later on in the story.
when an author describes a scene, thing, or idea so that it appeals to our senses
word (or group of words) that represents a sound and actually resembles or imitates the sound it stands for
when a character speaks aloud to himself (and to the audience), thereby revealing his inner thoughts and feelings
the perspective from which a story is seen or told
any person, object, or action that has additional meaning beyond itself
the art of persuasion