Across
- 3. Giving human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
- 6. the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict
- 9. the use of descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures in the reader's mind, appealing to their senses
- 11. emotional state of mind or feeling
- 12. a figure of speech that compares two unrelated things
- 15. intentional exaggeration not meant to be taken seriously
- 17. the initial section that introduces the reader to the characters, setting (time and place), and basic information about the story
- 18. figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words
- 20. serious disagreement and argument about something important
Down
- 1. action-the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict
- 2. language- the use of words in a non-literal way to create a vivid or imaginative description, or to convey a meaning beyond the literal
- 4. indication of something that will happen in the future
- 5. central topic or main idea explored in a piece of writing, art, or music. It's the message or lesson that the author or artist wants the audience to take away
- 7. a comparison using "like" or "as"
- 8. the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe example: bam and meow
- 10. -the point where the story's main conflict reaches its peak, and the protagonist faces their greatest challenge
- 13. of view-the perspective from which a story is told, essentially who is narrating the story and how they see the events
- 14. action-the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution
- 16. sequence of events in a narrative that are connected by a cause-and-effect relationship
- 19. phrases with meanings that are different from the literal meanings of the words.