Literary Terms, Elements, And Devices Fall Semester 2017 Crossword

The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay
a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly
The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Diction or choice of words separates good writing from bad writing
It is the figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, and allusions which goes beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new insights
A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things and draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as which demonstrate a direct comparison
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
the repetition of a word or phrase within a sentence or group of sentences
Trochaic meter is a line of poetry composed of trochees. A trochee is a basic metrical unit called a foot consisting of two syllables
A literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought
refers to any break or pause in a line of poetry
Is Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through its repetition, a motif can help produce other narrative (or literary) aspects such as theme or mood.
A kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way.
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
The voice that an author takes on to tell a story.
a form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy it is also a literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy
a figure of speech, which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end
a literary device that can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end.
a person who speaks in a poem, in a poem this may also refer to a person who may or may not represent the author himself
a literal meaning or the dictionary definition
a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story
a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story
the voice behind the poem-the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.
a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase