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