Across
- 2. the point of a story that creates the greates interest/suspense
- 3. specialized vocabulary used by a group of people
- 4. an overused figure of speech
- 6. an educated guess using what you know and the text
- 10. the person who is telling the story
- 12. details stated clearly with no confusion
- 16. the vantage point from which the story is told
- 19. a pair of words that contradict
- 20. repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't rhyme
- 21. assigning different meanings to similarly sounding words that are meant to be funny
- 22. when the characters take steps to resolve the conflict
- 26. repetition of consonant sounds at the end of a word
- 27. the part of the story that tells about the setting and characters
- 29. word part added to the beginning of a word
- 30. word meaning as defined in the dictionary
- 31. the series of related events that make up a story
Down
- 1. word part added to the ending of a word
- 2. a person or animal who takes part in the action of a story
- 5. quotations from the text
- 6. details that are implied not plainly expressed
- 7. using hints from familiar words to figure out an unfamiliar word
- 8. words that imitate their natural sounds
- 9. the follow-up to the climax which leads to the resolution
- 11. the attitude a writer takes toward the subject or character
- 13. expression whose meaning is completely different than what the words seem to say
- 14. the final part of the story when the conflict is resolved
- 15. one of the characters tells the story
- 17. the narrator does not take part in the story
- 18. exaggeration that is used for emphasis or effect
- 23. word meaning with emmotional associations
- 24. a struggle between opposing characters or forces
- 25. the general instight about life that a work of literature reveals
- 28. the time and place of a story