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Across 1. moment of highest intensity;point at which the conflict is definitively faced 9. a comparison between two radically different things without using like or as 13. the use of clues by the author to prepare readers for later events 14. the final unraveling of the plot, a.k.a. falling action 15. a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to non-human entities 16. an interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to show something that happened earlier 19. when a story's outcome is radically different from what is expected 21. category or type of literature 24. to say the oposite of what one means, but to say it in a way that conveys its opposite 25. an "I" tells the story; the storyteller is in the story 28. conversation between two characters 29. the sudden intuitive recognition of the meaning or essence of something, that "Eureka" moment 31. the introduction to the story, setting plus any additional background information 32. sequence of related events which compromise the story 33. a comparison between two rdically different things using "like" or "as" 34. central message or issue addressed in a work of literature 35. sometimes called a blocking character; rival of the central character

Down 1. the various methods authors use to reveal a character's make-up, both physical and psychological 2. the emotinal quality or atmosphere of work 3. language that express one thing in terms of something else; language that isn't literal 4. sequence of events that create the mounting tension leading to the climax 5. "word pictures" or writing that evokes images 6. a reference in the story to something outside the story, typically biblical, historical, or literary 7. something that retains its own meaning but also comes to stand for something larger than itself 8. storyteller stands outside the story but sees into the mind of more than one character; may know things about characters that characters themselves don't know 10. characters based on generalization that are supposedly characteristic of a particular group 11. vantage point from which the story is told: relationship of storyteller to the story 12. when the audience knows what characters do not and characters reveal their igorance through actions or thoughts 17. a contrast or discrepancy between what appears or should be real and what actually is real 18. a simple story which is meant to teach a moral lesson 20. an exaggeration for effect 22. storyteller stands outside the story but sees into the mind of one character only 23. central character of a story 26. a situation or statement that seems impossible or contradictory but is nevertheless true 27. the central problem of the story 30. written language that is not versified; all written language that is not poetry