ELA Literary Lexicon Crossword
Across
- 2. Contrast between what happens and what was expected or what would seem appropriate
- 6. Other details that give the story a specific feel
- 8. How the reader feels when reading
- 9. A lesson about life or people the author wants you to learn from the story
- 11. Facts revealed by the author that help the reader understand the text
- 12. Represents an idea rather than its literal meaning
- 14. The author’s attitude or feeling toward a person, thing, place, event or situation
- 17. When key aspects of the story are given importance and significance
- 19. Dropped hints and clues as to what will happen later in the story
- 20. Sight Sound Smell Taste Touch
Down
- 1. An “AH-HA!” moment
- 2. An uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next.
- 3. Very short spoken story that is significant to the topic at hand; usually adding personal knowledge or experience
- 4. A recurrent element in a literary work
- 5. type of character, action, or situation that occurs over and over in literature
- 7. Contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what the reader knows to be true
- 10. Occurs when a character says one thing but suggests or intends the opposite
- 13. Geographical Location
- 15. A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, pop culture, etc.
- 16. TIME: The time/time period in which the action takes place he time or time period in which the action takes place
- 18. A contrast between appearance and reality