UNIT 1 NARRATIVE

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Across
  1. 2. outcome of the plot
  2. 5. a warning or an indication of a future event in the narrative
  3. 7. words used to describe a character
  4. 10. is the time and place in which the story takes place. It can be implied or stated. It can help create a feeling or atmosphere to the story.
  5. 11. a literary tool, which serves as a lens through which readers observe characters, events, emotions, and happenings.
  6. 13. a character who undergoes little or no change, growth, or development throughout the course of the narrative.
  7. 14. the sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next. These events involve characters and conflict.
  8. 16. the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. Often referred to as the “hero”
  9. 17. in literature, a direct or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
  10. 20. a literary device that evokes certain feelings in the reader through words and descriptions.
  11. 21. the attitude of the author towards the subject or audience.
  12. 24. information gathered from the original source or other texts, that supports an argument, thesis, or idea.
  13. 27. is the act of creating and developing a character by showing their thoughts, words, and actions.
  14. 30. the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative. The order the narrative occurs.
  15. 31. the character or force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.
  16. 32. a scene in a narrative that is set in a time earlier than the main story
  17. 33. Writer’s word choice, use of words, and the way the writer puts those words together. This includes dialect which is the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group (examples: southern, midwestern, Boston dialect)
  18. 34. turning point or highest point in the action of the plot
  19. 35. a conversation between characters. It is usually set off by quotation marks to indicate a speaker's exact words.
Down
  1. 1. a character that undergoes major changes, growth, or development throughout the course of the narrative.
  2. 3. events that decrease remaining tension from the conflict
  3. 4. when the writer clearly states the character’s traits
  4. 6. a speaker or character who tells the story.
  5. 8. the mode of narration that an author uses to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story. It can be limited or omniscient (all knowing).
  6. 9. a short statement or paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or opinions.
  7. 12. introduces characters, events, and setting
  8. 15. techniques used by writers to give musical effects to their writing (includes: rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration, meter, repetition, etc.)
  9. 18. a guess based on clues in order to make better understand the characters, events, or setting.
  10. 19. when the writer depends on the reader to draw conclusions or infer about the character’s traits.
  11. 21. a universal idea, lesson, or message that is indirectly expressed throughout a work of literature which can, not only be applied to characters or events in the book, but also to the reader’s own lives.
  12. 22. writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally (includes: simile, metaphor, idiom, hyperbole, personification, etc.)
  13. 23. details writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses which helps the reader to use imagery.
  14. 25. the speed in which a narrative moves forward.
  15. 26. A literary device that uses symbols to represent something beyond the literal meaning. Often are repeated throughout a narrative to draw attention, emphasize, or increase meaning.
  16. 28. events that build tension which leads to the climax
  17. 29. A story with a written account of connected events. (Includes: novels, short stories, some poems)