Literary Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. To make clear and comprehensible (7)
  2. 5. To form a critical opinion of (8)
  3. 6. The context and environment in which something is set (7)
  4. 10. A formal expression by a meeting (10)
  5. 12. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work (5)

Down

  1. 1. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding (6)
  2. 2. Prose writing that is not fictional (10)
  3. 4. A secret scheme to do something (4)
  4. 5. A collection of things for public display (10)
  5. 7. Language spoken in the USA and the UK (7)
  6. 8. A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events (9)
  7. 9. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply (8)
  8. 11. A style of expressing yourself in writing (5)