Across
- 1. (narrator) Narrator directs the reader as you
- 4. (narrator) Uses I and is usually the main character in the story
- 7. Repetition of a single consonant letter in the alphabet ("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.")
- 10. Short Story
- 11. How are texts different
- 12. Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions
- 13. Use your prior knowledge on the subject and information gained in your reading to draw an conclusion.
- 14. A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph
- 15. Problem the character must resolve
- 19. Someone who tells the story
- 26. we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the characters (STEAL)
- 29. important details in the story to include in a summary or main idea. Authors elaborate using examples or anecdotes.
- 31. People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama
- 33. Main idea, moral, or message in apiece of writing. Think about character's actions, plot, and repeating ideas in the story.
- 34. (narrator) Narrator is outside the story and uses he or she
- 40. information from a story or article that the author presents as argument
- 41. When you use words "like" or "as" to compare ideas
- 42. Relationship between to words: synonym, definition, antonym, etc.
- 43. A part of the story that is important
Down
- 1. Tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the central idea and most important supporting details. Does not include opinions or judgement.
- 2. What the passage or text is mainly about
- 3. Time when the conflict is resolved at the end of the story
- 5. How the author feels (excited, silly, serious, or angry)
- 6. the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character
- 8. The way a text is presented: introduction, headings and/or subheads, sentences that form paragraphs, and chapters. Develops ideas for the text.
- 9. How are texts alike
- 11. Meanings that suggests something other than the literal meaning. Feelings associated with words or phrases.
- 16. Words that may not literally mean what they say
- 17. Information from the reading that hints at a word's meaning.
- 18. series of events in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest
- 20. A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
- 21. literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a story
- 22. Sequence of events that tell a story from beginning to end
- 23. How the text makes the reader feel
- 24. Sound words: Ex: sizzling, slithered
- 25. Events that occur after the climax and the loose ends are being tied up and before the end of the story
- 27. literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change
- 28. When you compare ideas without using the words "like" or "as"
- 30. Reason the author writes: persuade, inform, entertain (PIE)
- 32. this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background information
- 35. meaning Dictionary meaning
- 36. Introduces background information to the reader: information about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters, and etc.
- 37. Turning point in story
- 38. Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
- 39. Groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words. Ex. "Put a lid on it." "Couch Potato"