Across
- 2. The author's or a character's thoughts, views, feelings, or beliefs
- 5. The beginning part of a narrative, where the reader learns about the setting and characters.
- 7. The problem in a story that causes the rising action.
- 8. 6th graders must use this to support their answers.
- 11. A paragraph that tells the reader the most important details or main points of a text.
- 13. A type of figurative language where the beginning sounds of words are the same. Example: Rosie the Riveter
- 15. The most exciting part of a narrative
- 16. Characters who stay the same in a story, no matter what events happen to them.
Down
- 1. Readers make these based on textual evidence and background knowledge.
- 3. The type of figurative language that helps readers feel a connection to nonhuman objects.
- 4. The part of an argumentative essay that lets the reader know what other people think of the issue.
- 6. The lesson or moral an author teaches the reader through a story.
- 9. A character that changes or evolves throughout the story.
- 10. Punctuation that can introduce a list or show a dramatic pause.
- 12. The events that help a story progress.
- 14. A type of figurative language in which an expression carries different meaning that its literal definition. Example: That's a can of worms.
