2) Definition: Individual Who Develops and Grows During the Course of the Story

Literary Terms

Directions:Write the correct literary term from the word bank next to its definition. Then complete the puzzle at the end for a message.

1) – Definition: word pictures that appeal to the five senses and add emotion and power to writing

2) – Definition: individual who develops and grows during the course of the story

3) – Definition: comparison between two things, not meant to be taken literally

4) – Definition: direct comparison between two unlike things that have something in common

5) – Definition: comparison using like or as

6) – Definition: giving human qualities/characteristics to nonhuman characters/objects

7) – Definition: an expression, word, or phrase whose meaning does not make sense literally, but has a figurative meaning (usually known to people of a specific culture or time period)

8) – Definition: audience has important information that a character lacks

9) – Definition: literary technique; something that on the surface is its literal self but which also has another meaning or even several meanings

10) – Definition: Universal idea that is explored in a story

11) – Definition: Perspective from which a story is told (most common: first-person, third-person, omniscient)

12) – Definition: the act of creating and developing a character

13) – Definition: When an author directly states a character trait

14) – Definition: When an author hints at or implies a character trait

15) – Definition: when something happens that is completely different than the expected occurrence

16) – Definition: Emotion conveyed in a story by the author or narrator

17) – Definition: brief reference within a work to something outside the work that the reader or audience is expected to know (actual or fictitious person/place/thing/etc)

18) – Definition: narrative consistently points to parallel sequence of symbolic ideas; literal and symbolic level

19) – Definition: a scene that takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached

20) – Definition: when something is said that is the opposite of what is meant

21) – Definition: a message designed to persuade its intended audience to think and behave in a certain manner

Puzzle Directions: Each set of numbers in the following code represents a letter. The 1st number indicates the number of the word (once properly matched with their definitions). The 2nd number indicates the number of the letter in that word. Once you plug in the correct letters, write the proper message.

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1-2, 1-3, 2-2, 3-7, 4-6, 5-6, 6-5, 7-2, 8-1, 9-1, 9-4, 10-3, 10-5, 11-8, 12-8, 13-3, 14-1, 14-24, 15-16, 16-2, 17-4, 18-7, 19-1, 19-7, 20-1, 20-9, 21-2

Message:

Allegory

Allusion

Character Development

Direct Characterization

Dramatic Irony

Dynamic Character

Figurative Language

Flashback

Idiom

Imagery

Indirect Characterization

Metaphor

Personification

Point of View

Propaganda

Simile

Situational Irony

Symbolism

Theme

Tone

Verbal Irony