Unit 1 & 2 Literary Terms Crossword

Writers use of language to express ideas and their persona
Ordinary written or spoken language, using sentences and paragraphs w/out deliberate or regular meter or rhyme
Emotional, ethical, and logical arguments used to persuade an audience to agree w/ the writer or speaker
Arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison
Person telling the story
Language written on lines stanzas
An interruption or transition to a time before the current events in a narrative
A repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of two or more clauses
(Emotional appeal) Appeal to the readers senses or emotions
(Ethical appeal) Appeal that focuses on the character or qualifications of the speaker
(Logical appeal) Appeal to reason or logic
A writers attitude toward a subject, character, or audience
A writer’s word choice, which often conveys voice and tone
A story about a series of events that includes: character development, a plot, and theme
The percise meaning of a word
The associations and emotional overtones attached to its literal definition
The distinctive way a writer uses language, characterized by elements of diction, imagery, organization, etc.
Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level
Literary device that exploits reader’s expectations; occurs when what happens turns out to be quite different from the usual or expected
Writers central idea or main message
Atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work, the effect of the words on the audience
Description or account of events from a person’s life, written person
Account written by a person about his or her life
Statement that summarizes the key details of a text
Methods a director uses to communicate meaning and to evoke particular emotional response from viewers
Form of irony that occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite
Form in which the reader or audience knows more about the circumstances or future events than the character within the scene
Exact meaning, or denotations, of words
Use of words to describe one thing in terms of another
Reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work