ELA 20-1 Revision

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Across
  1. 3. / Life in Pleasantville was extremely ________ because the characters had the same routine every day
  2. 5. / A type of irony in which what happens is not what one would expect to happen
  3. 6. / An extended metaphor; an elaborate comparison between two things
  4. 9. / What an author hopes to achieve through his/her writing
  5. 12. / Lacks one or more of the essential elements of a sentence (noun, verb, complete thought)
  6. 13. / In an essay, the author’s main point
  7. 14. / something that initiates change
  8. 15. / A synonym for wickedness, this is the word is closely related to the name of the evil witch in Sleeping Beauty
  9. 16. / Not easily disturbed or excited; this is also the name of a lake in New York’s Tri-Lakes region
  10. 18. / Unimportant
  11. 19. / A type of irony in which readers know something that a character does not know
  12. 21. / The speaker’s attitude toward the topic
  13. 23. / A type of irony in which a character says something but means something else
  14. 25. / When you compare, you examine similarities. When you ________, you examine differences
  15. 26. / A person with a “glass half empty” mentality
  16. 27. / The perspective from which a story is told (three words)
  17. 28. / A brief personal story used to illustrate a point
  18. 29. / A statement which expresses something by denying its opposite. Example: It was not an unpleasant day.
Down
  1. 1. / An adjective used to describe a person who is extremely generous, selfless, and concerned with the welfare of others
  2. 2. / The reason why a characters acts the way he/she does
  3. 4. / unbiased; objective
  4. 6. / A reference to literature, history, mythology, etc. which a reader must understand in order to understand a text
  5. 7. / During criminal proceedings, a person who acts disrespectfully toward a judge or officer can be charged with ____________
  6. 8. / A struggle between two opposing forces; often classified as internal or external
  7. 10. / A question that requires no answer (two words)
  8. 11. / Hints about future events
  9. 17. / “You’re so ________. I bet you think this song is about you.”
  10. 20. / These punctuation marks surround a citation
  11. 22. / An extreme exaggeration
  12. 24. / A person with a “glass half full” mentality
  13. 30. / Vivid descriptions that enable the reader to see, smell, hear, taste, or feel something