en CR Literary Terms 28 Characterization: describe the distinctive nature or features of. Plot: The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. Exposition: the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced. Climax: the most intense, exciting, or important point of a play, movie, story. Denouement: the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. Resolution: the act determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc. Conflict: a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. Static Character: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. Dynamic Character: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude. Dialogue: the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. Genre: a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like. Setting: the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Motif: a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc. Parable: a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Suspense: a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. Symbol: a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract. Theme: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. Allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Imagery: visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work. Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. Dramatic Irony: irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. Situational Irony: irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. Verbal Irony: harsh or bitter derision or irony.

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2.	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
6.	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
7.	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
11.	the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
13.	a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
14.	describe the distinctive nature or features of.
18.	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
19.	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
23.	harsh or bitter derision or irony.
25.	the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place.
26.	the act determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
27.	the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced.

Down:

1.	a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
3.	visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work.
4.	a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
5.	a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
8.	a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
9.	a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
10.	The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
11.	the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
12.	a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude.
15.	the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
16.	irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
17.	a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.
20.	a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like.
21.	the most intense, exciting, or important point of a play, movie, story.
22.	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
24.	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Across:

2.	the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
6.	irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
7.	exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
11.	the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
13.	a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
14.	describe the distinctive nature or features of.
18.	a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
19.	a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
23.	harsh or bitter derision or irony.
25.	the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place.
26.	the act determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
27.	the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced.

Down:

1.	a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
3.	visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work.
4.	a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
5.	a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
8.	a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
9.	a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
10.	The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
11.	the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
12.	a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude.
15.	the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
16.	irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
17.	a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.
20.	a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like.
21.	the most intense, exciting, or important point of a play, movie, story.
22.	the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
24.	an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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