Across
- 2. A literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story.
- 5. When the writer jumps between multiple character perspectives in a scene.
- 6. The level of intimacy between the reader and the protagonist's thoughts and feelings.
- 7. BUILDING The art of creating a new fictional world, often with maps, backstory, and people.
- 10. The narrator’s position in relation to the story being told.
- 16. Point of view where the narrator is an outsider telling the story, referring to characters as “he” or “she.”
- 19. When the reader has to infer a character’s qualities from implicit information.
- 20. The chronological construction of plot, from exposition to climax.
- 22. Writing techniques that the author deliberately uses to have an effect on the reader.
- 25. A third person perspective where the outside narrator has limited knowledge and knows only one character’s thoughts and feelings.
- 26. A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb, often expressing place, time, manner, or cause.
- 28. Characters who undergo a major change in a story.
- 30. A struggle between opposing forces in a story.
- 31. Point of view where one of the story’s characters is narrating, using “I.”
- 32. A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
- 33. A narrator who is new in town or from a different background than the rest of the characters.
- 34. A narrator, such as a child, who does not understand the full implications of the narrative.
Down
- 1. A narrator whose account of events appears faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted.
- 3. Pairs of characters who provide a striking contrast that highlights their biggest personality traits.
- 4. A conflict between a character and any force of nature, including setting or weather.
- 8. A third person perspective where the outside narrator knows everything and all characters’ thoughts and feelings.
- 9. When the author explicitly describes a character’s qualities.
- 11. A dramatic struggle between two characters in a story.
- 12. Characters who are fully developed and complex and show more than one side to their personalities.
- 13. Point of view that uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader and bring them into the action.
- 14. The process that an author uses to reveal the personality of the characters in a literary text.
- 15. A narrator who has lost touch with reality or is otherwise insane.
- 17. A narrator who likes to embellish or exaggerate a story.
- 18. Characters who do not change throughout the course of a story.
- 21. A conflict between a character and society, such as school, law, or tradition.
- 23. Characters who show only one side of their personalities and are easy to understand.
- 24. An inner struggle where the character is in conflict with themself.
- 27. A narrator who intentionally deceives, forcing readers to sort fact from fiction.
- 29. A word that describes a noun.