Literary Terms Crossword
1. Allegory
story in which characters, things, or actions represent or
lead to a strong moral or lesson
2. Allusion
literary reference to a familiar thing
3. Analogy
comparison of two or more similar objects
4. Anecdote
short summary of a humorous event to make a point
5. Antagonist
person or things working against the main character or
hero of a story
6. Autobiography
author's own account of his or her own life
7. Biography
story of a person's life written by someone else
8. Conflict
the problem; something verses something else
9. Denouement
outcome of the story
10. dialogue
direct conversation between characters
11. Epic
long narrative poem that tells the great deeds of a hero
12. Epiphany
the moment of sudden understanding
13. Epitaph
short verse written in memory of someone
14. Essay
kind of writing that expresses a person's viewpoint
15. Exaggeration
stretching the truth
16. Expository
kind of writing that explains something
17. Fable
short, fictional story usually involving animals that teach a
lesson
18. Flashback
an event from the past presented in the present, out of
order in the story
19. Foreshadowing
Giving hints or clues about what will come later in the story
1/3 20. Genre
category or type (of literature)
21. Gothic
characterized by mystery, castles, supernatural events,
old mansions, etc.
22. Hyperbole
figure of speech that is an exaggeration or overstatement
23. Imagery
words chosen to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
24. Irony
words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or
expected outcome
25. Malapropism
humorous play on words resulting from two similar words
being misused
26. Metaphor
figure of speech that is a comparison without using "like"
or "as"
27. Mood
Feeling of the story (happy, sad, tense, suspenseful, etc.)
28. Moral
the lesson of the story
29. Motif
often-repeated idea in a story
30. Narrator
person telling the story
31. Novel
lengthy, fictional, written story
32. Novella
story longer than a short story, but not as long or complex
as a novel
33. Omnicient
point of view in which the reader knows all thoughts,
feelings, and actions of all the characters
34. Oxymoron
combination of contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp)
35. Paradox
statement that seems contrary to truth but may be true
36. Parody
story that uses humorous excessive exaggeration to mock
something
2/3 37. Personification
figure of speech where an inanimate object or animal is
given human characteristics
38. Plot
sequence of events in a story
39. Protagonist
main character of the story
40. Quest
series of events in search of something
41. Sarcasm
using false praise to mock someone or something
42. Satire
Literary device used to make fun of human weaknesses
43. Setting
Where the action takes place
44. Simile
figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared
using "like" or "as"
45. Soliloquy
monologue revealing the thoughts of a character, usually
alone on a stage
46. Stereotype
characterizing a person by the general qualities of a group
of people, without individuality
47. Symbol
person, place, thing, or event that stands for something
else
48. Theme
main idea; the point; a statement (usually about life or the
human condition)
49. Tragedy
story in which the hero is destroyed
50. Understatement figure of speech in which something is emphasized by
presenting it as less than what it is
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