This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Figurative Language & Literary Devices has 17 clues. Answers range from 3 to 13 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
A major division in a play.
A Character or force against which another character struggles.
The part of a proscenium stage that sticks out into the audience in front of the proscenium arch.
Words Spoken by an actor directly to the audience, but not "heard" by the other characters on a stage during the play.
Gives the spectator a moment of moment of "relief" with a light-hearted scene after a succession of intensely tragic dramatic moments.
The turning point of the action in the plot of a play and the point of greatest tension in the work.
The conversation of characters in a literary work.
An imaginary person that inhabits a literary work.
A story that has both literal and symbolic meaning.
The author overly states the theme somewhere within the work.
Refer's to author's ability to construct a piece in such a way that through inference the reader understands the theme.
A model image, personage, or theme that recurs in stories and myths throughout history and literature.
The atmosphere of feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage.
The recurring or dominant structure of a literary work; the intentional repetition of a word, phrase, event, or idea as a unifying theme.
A written version of the speech and actions of performers, as in a play or film.
The author's particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing.
Can be external between characters or internal within a character.