This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 32 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
One of two major elements of narrative, story as represented
The second of two major elements of narrative, events involving entities, predates narrative discourse
The feeling that you're being told a story
Questions that arise leading to understanding
Time it takes to engage with a narrative
Time represented as passing within a narrative
Narrative is a representation of a series of ________
Story time always moves _________
Story is affected by __________
Narrative discourse is affected by
Our need to find meaning in narrative manifested as ____________
The ability of narrative discourse to convey a sense of reality
E.g. riddle, transformation, or forbidden love
Events and characters are examples of these
Things that must be filled in to make sense of the narrative
Gaps which are so important they become constituent events
Way to interpret narrative with a sense of order to its events and narration
___________ reading creates a context that allows for an interpretation disparate from intentional
__________ reading creates an interpretation not supported by evidence
Closure at the level of __________ deals with musings evoked by a text but not answered by it
Closure at the level of _________ is either met or violated
Imbuing a text with elements not indicated within it
Neglecting material within a text to support an existing view, as with confirmation bias
Vague but pervasive sense sometimes suggested by motifs
Repetition within a work of language, items, or images
The perceptual placement of the narrative discourse
Reader views events in narrative through this sensibility and consciousness
The author as conceptualized by the reader
Voice recounting the story within the narrative
Narrator's "spatial" relationship to the narrative world
Recurrent narrative form
Another word for conflict