This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 23 clues. Answers range from 4 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The main character of a story is called the...
The villain of a story is called the...
Writers are professionally called...
If the written story is not true it's called a work of...
In literature, this is determined by the subject, setting or plot of the story. Some examples are fantasy, romance or suspense.
The front of a book is called the...
A character's perspective in a story. (3 words)
The average novel has about 250 to 300 of these on a page.
When a writer is stuck at a particular point in a story, it's called... (2 words)
The sequence of incidents or events in a story, also called the story line.
Books are sectioned off into...
This can be external or internal, but it drives suspense and tension in fiction.
The event or decision that begins a story’s problem is called the... (2 words)
Some writers hire one of these to do the writing for them.
The first line of a novel is called the...
This is the turning point of a story, its point of highest tension.
First person and third person are examples of this.
The location and time period where the story takes place is called its...
The reader's temporary acceptance of story elements as believable, regardless of how implausible they may seem in real life, is called suspension of...
A literary device by which an author hints what is to come.
A technique that enables readers to experience the story through action and senses rather than description. (3 words)
The underlying message of a story is called its...
A novel ends with its...