Across
- 1. a story told within a story, ex: starts with one narrator, then another man starts telling story
- 4. writing genre that picks a side, has a claim, and includes a counterargument
- 5. ex: “The light danced on the surface of the water.”
- 7. means in the middle of things, story begins in the middle and uses flashbacks to explain events leading up to that moment
- 11. ex: "The world is a table"
- 13. ex: “The sky was periwinkle blue with a few scattered, wispy clouds.”
- 17. another word for resolution of the story
- 21. a rhetorical appeal that appeals to the reader's emotions and feelings
- 23. dictionary definition of a word
- 26. a rhetorical appeal that provides evidence and reasoning
- 27. the story is arranged in order from the beginning to the end
- 28. the difference between appearance and reality
- 29. ex: “She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop.”
- 30. writing genre that informs the reader
- 31. a persuasive technique which urges the reader to join the crowd, ex: Twilight must be a great book because everybody seems to have read it.
Down
- 2. writing genre that tells a story, includes purposeful dialogue, descriptive imagery, and a resolution
- 3. ex: "Lord, if this little old plant don’t get more sun than it’s been getting it ain’t never going to see spring again" The plant represents growth and hope.
- 6. overall idea or intended message that the author is conveying
- 8. is a statement that may seem contradictory but can be true (or at least make sense) ex: In George Orwell's Animal Farm, "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"
- 9. ex: "It's raining cats and dogs","Break a leg", "when pigs fly"
- 10. novel writing genre written in the form of letters
- 12. ex: “In every cry of every Man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban” "London," by William Blake
- 14. ex: "Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel." "Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much, and it'll be fun!"
- 15. the ideas and feelings associated with a word, can be positive or negative
- 16. the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot
- 18. a rhetorical appeal that establishes credibility
- 19. ex: "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
- 20. ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes . . .” Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- 22. the speaker's attitude about a topic
- 24. ex: "Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard."
- 25. the way the writing makes you feel as the reader