1. Name:________________________________________ Section:______________ Date:_______________
SEATWORK: Literary Terms and Devices
Across
2. the use us literal or dictionary definition
5. practiceof attachinghuman traits and characteristicswith
inanimateobjects,phenomena and animals
6. creatinga repetition of similar sounds in theinitial sentence
7. step by step process wherein an author introduces and then
describes a character
9. marked by the use of the words ‘as’ or ‘such as’or ‘like’
12. author depicts the occurrenceof specific events to readers,
which have taken placebefore the present time the narration is
following
18. a literary devicethat uses a part of something to refer to the
whole or viceversa
19. mimicry of sounds
21. the associationspeoplemake with words that go beyond the
literal or dictionary definition
22. the mental and emotional disposition of the author towards the
subject
23. the central topic of the text
24. an indirectreference in speech, text, or song to an event or
figure
25. symbolismdevicewhere the meaning of a greater, often
abstract,concept is conveyed; a work can be interpreted to reveal
a hidden meaning
Down
1. the strands of plot are drawn together and matters are
explained or resolved
3. a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn't
present in the poem. The speaker could be addressingan abstract
concept likelove, a person (dead or alive),a place,or even a thing,
likethe sun or the sea
4. contradictory terms appear in conjunction
8. direct or implied comparison
10. words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader
11. repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea
clearer and more memorable
12. the use of indicativeword or phrases and hints that set the
stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something
that is goingto happen without revealingthe story or spoilingthe
suspense
13. to exaggerate and overemphasize
14. repetition of the vowel sound or diphthongin nonrhyming
stressed syllables
15. the struggles encountered by the character in the story
16. where one representative term stands in for something else
17. use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another,
yet, when placed together hold significantvalueon several levels
20. the sequence of events and happenings that make up a story
