Literary Elements and Informational Text
Across
- 2. the author pauses the story to describe something that happened earlier the readers better understand.
- 3. a person or thing who plays a part in a story.
- 4. when and where the story takes place.
- 6. the character who goes against the protagonist.
- 8. what a character does or says in response to an event.
- 9. the series of events that take place in a story.
- 10. Action the part of the plot following the climax where loose ends are tied up prior to the resolution.
- 12. the big idea or lesson you learn from a story.
- 14. the problem in a story that the main character needs to face.
- 15. the author shows what the characters are like through what they say, do
Down
- 1. how the author develops a character.
- 5. the author directly states what the characters look or act like.
- 7. what a character feels or things in response to an event.
- 9. the main character in a story.
- 11. the end of the story where the conflict is resolved in one way or another.
- 13. the part of the plot where the characters and setting are introduced.
- 14. the most exciting part where characters face the biggest challenge or make an important decision.