Across
- 1. chronological order in which things happen
- 3. a jump into the past to see events that have already happened
- 6. repeated use of sounds, words or phrases
- 8. the introduction; the beginning
- 11. comparing two unlike things
- 14. one thing that represents another
- 15. the feeling behind a word
- 16. what the characters say; often portrayed with quotation marks
- 20. Sequence of events in a story
- 21. sound effect words
- 22. to search very closely for information and details
- 23. leaning toward one side of a matter because of past experiences
Down
- 2. to predict or figure something out
- 4. to take the main idea and important details and tell about the story
- 5. the villain
- 7. the turning point; the major event/decision
- 9. the hero
- 10. why the author wrote the book
- 11. how the story makes the reader feel
- 12. the end; ties up loose ends
- 13. when the least expected happens
- 16. the literal, dictionary definition of a word
- 17. sayings that mean something other than what they say; i.e. "it's raining cats and dogs"
- 18. different words and accents used by people from different places
- 19. a hint of what will happen in the future
- 20. make an educated guess about something that will happen