Terms of Literature

1. an opinion addressed directly by a writer to the reader, intended to guide the reader's response. (9, 7)
4. the use of descriptive language, including figures of speech, that draws a mental picture or conveys a sensation; a comparison to describe something through simile, metaphor or personification. (7)
5. the arrangement of words in their appropriate form and in the proper order to achieve phrases, clauses or sentences (6)
7. a poem that tells a story or describes a series of events.... (6)
10. the language a writer gives to a character, the choice of words in a literary text, also sometimes called lexis or vocabulary (7)

2. a comparison or image which is developed over several lines in a poem or over several sentences in a narrative. (8, 8)
3. a poem in which a fictional character addresses the reader directly in his/her own voice, without authorial comment (8, 9)
6. the description of the distinctive qualities that a character possesses (16)
8. the ideas, feelings or associations that a word suggests in addition to its primary, literal meaning (11)
9. exaggeration used for effect in a text (9)

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