Academic Vocab One

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Across
  1. 2. is the way an author portrays/describes characters.
  2. 5. is a description of how a character acts.
  3. 6. is when a problem/struggle comes from within/inside the character.
  4. 9. is the wrap-up or solution to the conflict.
  5. 10. is extreme exaggeration.
  6. 11. is a word that has a similar meaning to another word.
  7. 16. is the time and place of the story,
  8. 18. is a problem or struggle in the story.
  9. 19. is language that has a different meaning than the literal words.
  10. 20. is typically the last sentence of the first paragraph that states the theme of the text.
  11. 25. is the attitude a writer brings to the text.
  12. 26. is a type or kind of literature or writing.
  13. 28. is when one thing represents another.
  14. 29. is something negative about a character’s personality or actions.
  15. 30. is when a word, phrase or action is repeated over and over.
  16. 32. is giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
  17. 34. is the action that takes place after the most exciting part of the story.
  18. 37. is p.o.v. using the pronouns he, she, it, etc.
  19. 38. is the pattern made by the arrangement of rhymes in a poem.
Down
  1. 1. characters that support the plot but do not show up as often as majors.
  2. 3. is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
  3. 4. is when the writer creates a vivid picture in the reader’s mind or uses other sense descriptions.
  4. 7. is another name for a story either fiction or nonfiction.
  5. 8. is the perspective from which a story is told.
  6. 9. is action that takes place before the most exciting part of the story.
  7. 12. carry most of the plot and show up often.
  8. 13. is p.o.v. using the pronoun “I”.
  9. 14. is the comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is another.
  10. 15. is what you call it when characters talk.
  11. 17. is a type of writing that discusses how two things are similar as well as how they differ.
  12. 21. is the comparison of two unlike things using as/as or like.
  13. 22. is when the problem/struggle comes from outside forces.
  14. 23. is the main action of the story,
  15. 24. is to draw a reasonable conclusion based on evidence or hints from the text.
  16. 27. is the reason the author wrote the piece.
  17. 31. is a description of how a character looks.
  18. 33. is the turning point, often the most exciting part of the story.
  19. 35. is the central or big idea of the piece.
  20. 36. is the musical quality of a poem.
  21. 39. is the feeling or atmosphere the writer wants the reader to experience.