Across
- 2. – Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story
- 3. – The method an author uses to develop characters
- 5. of view – The perspective from which a story is told
- 8. – A logical guess based on evidence and reasoning
- 9. – The conversation between characters
- 11. – An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
- 15. – The person telling the story
- 16. – The use of objects to represent ideas
- 20. – Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds
- 22. – Words that imitate sounds
- 23. – The time and place of a story
Down
- 1. – Giving human traits to non-human things
- 4. – A comparison using “like” or “as”
- 6. – The underlying message or central idea of a story
- 7. – The author’s attitude toward the subject
- 8. – A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
- 10. – A scene that interrupts the plot to show past events
- 12. – The main character in a story
- 13. – A comparison that says one thing is another
- 14. – The sequence of events in a story
- 17. – Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
- 18. – A character or force in conflict with the protagonist
- 19. – The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates
- 21. – The struggle between opposing forces in a story