Across
- 1. something that has been achieved successfully
- 4. How does the author get their message across to the reader
- 5. to describe something precisely
- 7. the people who watch, listen to, view, and/or read something presented via an artistic medium
- 10. an assertion(s) of the truth of something, often a value statement; generally, an author uses evidence to support the assertion of truth
- 12. have an effect on; make a difference to:
- 14. deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite:
- 16. recognize or treat (someone or something) as different; differentiate, tell apart
- 17. give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing: bring attention to
- 18. a thing that happens; an occurrence
- 19. to critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole
- 21. The problem in a story; the inciting incident
- 23. In a general sense, this is to measure or note the similarities and differences between or among objects, people, etc.; however, when used together with contrast, this refers to the highlighting of the ways in which two or more objects, people, etc. are alike or similar.
- 24. value statement(s) supported by evidence whose purpose is to persuade or explain
- 25. an indirect reference to a person, place, object, literary work, historical event, etc. from an external context
Down
- 2. Idea the unifying concept within an informational text to which other elements and ideas relate
- 3. to take a topic or idea and elaborate on it; tell more about it
- 4. types refers to the idea that many characters in literature can be grouped broadly into a variety of overarching types that share common characteristics (e.g., static and dynamic characters, round and flat characters, etc.)
- 6. give something in order to help achieve or provide something:
- 8. a difference or contrast between similar things or people:
- 9. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie:
- 11. Purpose the author's reason or intent in a piece of writing; usually to inform, to pursuade, to entertain, to explain, to describe
- 13. evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself
- 15. a comparison drawn between two things for the sake of clarification or explanation
- 18. to determine quality or value after careful analysis or investigation
- 19. Point of View a writer’s position with regard to the events of a narrative; one’s stance on events or information given his/her orientation (physically and/or mentally) to the events or information; the vantage point from which one relates the events of a story or makes an argument
- 20. a genre or category of literature generally designed to be presented to an audience by actors on stage that relies heavily on dialogue
- 22. a change which is a result of consequence of an action or other cause