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Across 3. is returning to an earlier time (in a story) for the purpose of making something in the present more clear 5. is someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character 7. events starting rising action 9. comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used 10. after falling action 11. the action or sequence of events in a story 14. main character or good guy 20. occurs when the reader or the audience sees a character's mistakes, but character does not (2 Words) 21. is a term for an often-repeated idea or theme in literature 22. in a play or novel is the structural part that helps the rader understand the background or situation in which the work is set 23. the bad guy

Down 1. is a speech delivered by a character when he or she is alone on stage 2. a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person 4. is a brief fictional work which usually contains one major conflict (2 Words) 6. is the feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader 8. is the time and place in which the action of a literary work occurs 12. clues on what is to come 13. events advancing plot (2 Words) 15. is the statement about life a particular work is trying to get across to the reader 16. the high point, or turning point, in a story 17. speech said on stage inteded for the audience 18. is the conversation carried on by the characters in a literary work 19. is the overall attitude of the speaker about his subject