Literary Terms Crossword #3

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. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number. Your words are metaphor, moral, dialogue, improvisation, hyperbole, infinitive, narrative, diction, imagery, idiom, jargon
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Across:

1. A work or performance that is done on the spur of the moment, without conscious preparation or rehearsal.
3. Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.
5. Writing that relates an event or a series of events; a story.
8. Conversations between two or more people that advances the action, is consistent with the character of the speakers.
9. Language used in a certain profession or by a particular group of people.
10. An author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.

Down:

1. A verb form that is usually introduced by "to".
2. The lesson taught in a work such as a fable; a simple type of theme. "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched."
4. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common. Not a simile, does not contain "like" or "as".
6. An intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect.
7. A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say. "over his head" for "doesn't understand".