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English 10: Literary Devices and Plotline Elements

Teacher: G. Vogelsang
Across
A literary device by which the writer drops subtle hints to the reader about what will happen later as the plot unfolds.
A character that contrasts with another, making their qualities more obvious to the audience.
a universally understood character upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated
The main character in the story
This characters changes throughout the plot's action
Has few traits, does not change throughout the story
A character's struggle with another character
the opposite of what one might expect
The story is told from the perspective of an observer
This character fits a recognized pattern (wise old woman, kindly grandfather, evil stepmother, princess).
The overall meaning of a text
A direct and specific meaning of a word
literally translated from French as “unknotting” this is the part of the plot where all the problems are explained, or unravel
a situation where each of two alternate courses/outcomes is undesirable
Down
The point in a story at which the action stops rising and starts falling
the part of the story where the knots are untangled and some conflicts are resolved
This character is not developed emotionally
the close repetition of initial consonant sounds, written for sound effect within a phrase or line of text
A device in a story where a scene from the past is inserted into the present
A fully emotionally developed character
giving human qualities to something that is not human
the events of the story, but more than that, how they go together to construct meaning
How a problem in a story is solved – comes after the climax and shows the new state of affairs
The events leading up to the climax in a story
the times and places where a story takes place
This character fits a socially recognizable pattern
When an author makes reference to a famous person, place or thing
A comparison of two unrelated things using “like” or “as”
the attitude that runs through the entire text.