Author's Craft Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
  2. 3. Taking the reader to the past to show important background information
  3. 5. The author gives a hint at what is to come
  4. 7. The character is up against animals, the weather, insects, epidemics, etc.
  5. 9. The underlying message or moral lesson within the text
  6. 11. Writing that appeals to one or more of your senses and allows you to picture what you are reading
Down
  1. 2. Two characters struggling against each other
  2. 4. The reader experiences a feeling of anxiety or excitement at the unknown
  3. 6. The hunter becoming the hunted
  4. 8. The author's attitude towards their writing
  5. 10. Ms. Ayala has a heart if gold"