Glossary
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Krissy - Krossy
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Read the definitions and write the solutions in the comb. Then
send an e-mail message to your instructor with the correct words numbered
properly. In the subject heading of the e-mail include the words "Glossary
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Horizontal:
2) literary or dramatic work which ridicules human pretentions of eposes
social events.
3) a brief description of a book, film, play.
6) telling a story by describing events as they happen.
7) in literature, a collection of works by a writer, or works by various
writers on a similar subject, reprinted in one volume.
10) a style that emphasizes the qualities traditionally considered characteristic
of ancient Greek and Roman art.
12) work or phrase that characterizes a person, place or thing, especially
when used instead of the name or in addition to it.
15) ancient Greek verse form, originally combining a hexameter wirh a shorter
line in a couplet.
17) literary technique that achieves the effect oft 'saying one thing and
meaning another'.
20) the unraveling of the plot of a work of fiction.
21) a particular kind of work within an art form, differentiated by its
structure, content or style.
23) in drama, thinking aloud. It is a speech for the benefit of the audience
only an by convention is not heard by any other actor.
24) a short novel such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
27) written or spoken communication or debate.
28) a variety of a language or a level of usage..according to the communicative
purpose, social context, an standing for the user.
30) in poetry an prose, the use, within a line or phrase of words beginning
with the same sound.
33) account of a person's life.
34) the expressive or sensual qualities of a work.
35) the quality of seeming true or having the appearance of reality.
Vertical:
1) satirical attack on a person in verse or prose.
4) using or containing more words than necessary.
5) collection of verse by various authors.
8) story, in which animals or inanimate objects are given the mentality
an speech of human beings.
9) the matching of vowel sounds.
11) a form of traditional narrative poetry.
13) genre of fiction an film, devoted primarily to scaring the reader or
audience.
14) typical or perfect specimen of its kind.
16) in literature, any work in which the content is completely or largely
invented.
18) the balancing of two contrasting ideas, usually in the same sentence.
19) writing which is arranged in short lines wirh rhythmic parrern.
22) in literary theory, a radical form of structuralism, pioneered by Jaques
Derrida.
25) in literature, the description or illustration of one thing in terms
of another.
26) a distinct element or image within a work, such as a detail in a painting
or a building.
29) the story line in a novel.
31) short, witty and pithy saying or a short poem.
32) form of popular comedy involving stereotyped characters in improbable
situations.
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