6th Grade Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 4. the beginning of the story
  2. 9. an exaggeration
  3. 11. sound effect words
  4. 12. when a character goes up against an opposing force
  5. 15. words that have the same or similar meanings
  6. 17. the dictionary definition of a word
  7. 18. the character who opposes the main character
  8. 20. a comparison using like or as
Down
  1. 1. an individual in a literary work
  2. 2. the main character
  3. 3. departing from the literal use of a word
  4. 5. a reference to another work of literature or art within a text
  5. 6. the sequence of events of a story
  6. 7. words that replace nouns
  7. 8. the turning point of a story
  8. 10. the way a story makes the reader feel
  9. 13. the emotional meaning of a word
  10. 14. where and when the story takes place
  11. 16. words that mean the opposite of each other
  12. 19. the moral or life lesson of a story