Language Arts Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Boom!
  2. 5. Part of the script of a play that tells the actors how they are to move or speak their lines (no spaces)
  3. 9. She has a heart of gold.
  4. 12. The pen seemed to dance across the paper to the tune of her thoughts.
  5. 14. A word or image that signifies something other than what is literally represented.
  6. 16. The perspective from which a story is being told (no spaces)
  7. 18. What the piece of writing says about a subject
  8. 19. Leading character who experiences the main conflict (Example: Katniss Evergreen)
  9. 20. The reader knows that the house is haunted, but the character doesn't know that the house is haunted.
  10. 22. Mile high ice cram cones
  11. 23. President Snow or Voldemort (for example)
  12. 24. A bicycle can't stand on its own; it's two-tired.
  13. 25. Dictionary definition of a word.
  14. 26. When the story is told by a character in the story (no spaces)
  15. 29. Suddenly Patrick remembered that time he went to the beach as a young child.
  16. 30. Indicates a pause or missing word (...)
  17. 31. A sense created by describing how something looks, smells, sounds, tastes
  18. 32. Twinkle, twinkle,little star. How I wonder what you are.
Down
  1. 2. Explains or informs the reader about a topic by presenting facts and information objectively
  2. 3. He was a Good Samaritan, helping out everyone he met.
  3. 4. Life is a highway
  4. 6. The sweet birds sang softly.
  5. 7. The highest point of interest/action in the story
  6. 8. When what happens in a story is unexpected (no spaces)
  7. 10. When and where a story takes place.
  8. 11. Struggle between opposing forces which provides interest and suspense
  9. 13. Hints to the reader about something that is going to happen
  10. 15. The feeling the reader has when reading a text.
  11. 17. He let the cat out of the bag and ruined the surprise.
  12. 21. The author's attitude towards their subject matter.
  13. 24. I enjoy biking, running, and reading. (nospaces)
  14. 27. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
  15. 28. Tells a story with characters, conflict, and plot