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Lit Terms Crossword

Across
A component of an argument that is demonstrably flawed in its logic or form thus rendering the argument invalid. Example: Most car salesmen are crooks. That man is a car salesman, so he is a crook.
The deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect in public speaking or in writing. Example: How did this idiot get elected?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
Things turn out contrary to what is expected; the unexpected happens Example: A fire station burns down.
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. Example: I think I like the pink kite. -Repetition of the “k” sound
Used to designate the types or categories into which literary works are grouped according to form, technique, or, sometimes, subject matter. Example: Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, etc.
The repetition of a vowel sound in non-rhyming words. Example: The crumbling thunder of the seas.
Metaphorical phrase or compound word used to name a person, place or thing indirectly; a fancy name for something. Example: Four-eyes= someone who wears glasses Ankle-biter= a young child
The time and place of a story Example: River City, Iowa in 1912
Down
A pause or break in a line or verse Example: It is for you we speak, || not for ourselves: You are abused || and by some putter-on That will be damn’d for’t; || would I knew the villain... -William Shakespeare
The passage of regular or approximately equivalent time intervals between definite events or the recurrence of specific sounds or kinds of sounds. Example: “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” -Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The reader is aware of something about which the character involved knows nothing Example: A scary movie when the character walks into a house but the audience knows the killer is in the house.
A contrast between what is said and what is actually meant Example: A mother looks at her son’s messy room and says, “Wow, you should win an award for cleanliness.”
A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with each other. Example: That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
A comparison made between two frequently dissimilar items or situations in order to provide insight into the nature of one or both of them. Example: Comparing the colonization of distant planets and galaxies to the colonization of distant islands in a vast ocean
The duplication of sounds, usually at the end of a line or verse. Example: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…” -The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
A reference to a historical or literary figure or event that may allude to myth, religion, or to any other aspect of ancient or modern culture Example: You’re a regular Einstein
A contrast between what appears to be and what really is Example: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the audience/reader knows that Juliet has faked her death, but Romeo does not and he thinks she is really dead. (dramatic irony)
A kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way. Often, conceits are extended metaphors that dominate an entire passage or poem. Example: Marriage is like getting a root canal. Childbirth is like getting a nail driven through your foot.