Literary Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: foreshadow : subtle clues to readers about what is to come later in the plot, imagery : describing people, places, or things in a way that appeals to the physical senses, irony : words or circumstances where meaning is different (usually the opposite) from the actual meaning, juxtaposition : two or more ideas, places, characters, or actions and placed side by side to show contrast, onomatopoeia : “gurgle,” “hiss,” “boom,” “whir,” and “whizz, alliteration : "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”, hyperbole : exaggeration that’s not meant to be taken literally, oxymoron : “...the dumbest genius i know.”, metaphor : “the classroom was a zoo.”, simile : “he was as stubborn as a mule.”, personification : attributing human characteristics metaphorically to nonhuman things, theme : a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work, setting : time and place a story is set, plot : series of events in a story, protagonist : main character, antagonist : force or person working against protagonist, tone : an author's attitude toward their subject matter, conveyed through word choice, punctuation and sentence structure, mood : atmosphere of a piece and the overall feeling it conveys to the reader