Literary Terms Crossword #4

Click on the little number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number. Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter.

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Across:

1. A position from which something is considered or evaluated; standpoint.
4. A word part that is added to the beginning of a base word that changes the sense or meaning of the root or base word.
6. One or more words repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza, such as the last line of each stanza in a ballad.
8. A recurring grouping of two or more verse lines in terms of length, metrical form, and, often, rhyme scheme.
9. The time and place of the action in a story, play, or poem.
10. A lterary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society.

Down:

1. The main character or hero of a story.
2. The art of effective expression and the persuasive use of language.
3. A joke that comes from a play on words. Uses a word's multiple meanings.
4. The study of sounds. Used to teach reading.
5. Imitates or mocks another work or type of literature. Like a caricature in art.
7. The action or sequence of events in a story. A series of related incidents that builds and grows as the story develops.
8. A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.