Across
- 2. The creation or construction of a fictional character
- 4. The use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning
- 7. How an author tells his or her reader about a character
- 8. Concept understood by all readers
- 10. General atmosphere or emotional complexion
- 12. Words that trigger the reader to recall images that engage one of the five senses
- 13. A struggle between two opposing forces
- 14. The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores
- 15. The time, place, and circumstances in which something occurs or develops in a literary, dramatic, or cinematic
Down
- 1. Topic pertains to the story's what. Theme deals with the big picture.
- 3. The way a writer uses diction, syntax, grammar, and figurative language for effect
- 5. The process of describing a character through the character's thoughts, actions, speech and dialogue
- 6. The narrator's outlook or view on the story's events, characters, and the world
- 9. The perspective from which the story is told
- 11. The main story of a dramatic or literary work