ELA Literacy Terms

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Across
  1. 5. the reason an author decides to write about a certain topic?
  2. 7. the qualities shown by a character, these may be physical or expressions of personality?
  3. 8. the stage in the plot where the story begins to draw to a close?
  4. 10. the POV in which the tells what only one character thinks, feels, or observes?
  5. 11. a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as?
  6. 13. descriptive words or phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader?
  7. 14. the time and place of the action in a story, drama, or poem?
  8. 17. a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem?
  9. 18. a list of all of the characters in a play?
  10. 19. words whose sounds echo their meaning, such as buzz and pop?
  11. 25. the voice that tells the story?
  12. 26. the message about human life or nature the writer shares with the reader?
  13. 28. a type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to an animal, idea or object?
  14. 29. the core unit or sentence of a poem?
  15. 31. the POV in which the narrator is “all-knowing’ or can see into the minds of all the characters?
  16. 33. poetry that tells a story?
  17. 34. a type of figurative language in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect?
Down
  1. 1. the struggle between two opposing solutions or the problem of the story?
  2. 2. an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time?
  3. 3. the people, animals or imaginary creatures who take in part the action of a work of literature?
  4. 4. language that communicates beyond the literal meaning of words?
  5. 6. when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story
  6. 9. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
  7. 12. the stage or the plot that develops the conflict, or struggle?
  8. 15. the POV in which the narrator is a character in the story.
  9. 16. a type of poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme?
  10. 20. the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader?
  11. 21. a comparison of two things using the words like or as.
  12. 22. a form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience?
  13. 23. written conversation between two or more characters?
  14. 24. the way the author expresses his/her attitude toward their subject?
  15. 27. the series of events in a story.
  16. 30. the point of greatest interest in a story or play?
  17. 32. the manner in which an author writes?