Narrative Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. figurative language that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects and animals, such as emotions and behaviors (ex. The flowers danced to the wind.)
  2. 4. literary device that uses an extreme exaggeration specifically for literary or rhetorical effect (ex. He's running faster than the wind.)
  3. 7. plot element of literature that introduces the key background information of a narrative (main character(s), setting, conflict background)
  4. 13. a tool used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story or piece of writing
  5. 16. plot element that is the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution; tension/action recedes and events from climax are clarified
  6. 17. plot element that serves as the "conclusion" of the story by the resolving of conflicts between characters; loose ends are wrapped up & readers may learn the characters' fate now that the conflict is resolved
  7. 18. form of writing that's purpose is to tell a story
  8. 19. the perspective from which the story is told; can be told from the point of view of a character or a narrator
  9. 21. the reader is part of the story. The narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you"
  10. 23. a comparison between two things, usually using the words 'like' and 'as' (ex. The children fight like cats and dogs.)
Down
  1. 1. the act of creating and describing characters in literature; includes: descriptions of a character's physical attributes, the character's personality, and the way that characters act, think, and speak
  2. 2. plot element that can be identified as the "turning point" of the story when the plot is at its most suspenseful moment and the protagonist directly confronts the main conflict
  3. 5. the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view; key pronouns: I, me, my, we
  4. 6. the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or the key pronouns he, she, or they
  5. 8. conversation between two or more people/characters in a narrative; can build characterization by revealing character background, traits, motivations, etc.
  6. 9. action plot element of a story that leads toward the climax; increased tension as a story's central conflict builds towards a peak creating interest for the reader
  7. 10. (in order) exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
  8. 11. a direct comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated (ex. My hands were icicles because of the cold weather.)
  9. 12. a literary device that occurs when two or more words are linked that share the same first consonant sound, such as “fish fry.” (ex. Harry hurried home to watch football on TV.)
  10. 14. the sequence of interconnected events within the story of a play, novel, film, epic, or other narrative literary work
  11. 15. the use of non-literal phrases or words to create further meaning in writing or speech
  12. 20. a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature
  13. 22. a word that actually looks like the sound it makes, and we can almost hear those sounds as we read (ex. slam, splash, bam, babble, warble, gurgle, mumble, and belch)