Personal Narrative

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Across
  1. 3. A person in the story; in a personal narrative, the author is central.
  2. 5. A comparison using “like” or “as.”
  3. 6. Checking spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
  4. 8. ______ details that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch.
  5. 10. Improving content and clarity by adding, removing, or replacing.
  6. 16. Giving human qualities to something nonhuman.
  7. 17. The ending that leaves the reader with a final thought or feeling.
  8. 18. Emotions the narrator shares with the reader.
Down
  1. 1. Words or phrases that move the story from one event to the next.
  2. 2. Repetition of the same beginning sound in nearby words.
  3. 4. The order in which events happen.
  4. 7. The beginning that introduces the situation and engages the reader.
  5. 9. The main problem or challenge in a story.
  6. 11. A true story about something that happened to the author.
  7. 12. A word that imitates a sound, such as “bang.”
  8. 13. An exaggeration used to make a point.
  9. 14. A comparison that says one thing is another, without “like” or “as.”
  10. 15. Words spoken by characters; use quotation marks.
  11. 19. The time and place where a story happens