ELA Terms Crossword

4. The main character in a story, often the "hero."
5. Giving human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.
7. A conclusion reached by using "clues" from the text plus what you already know.
10. Idea What a piece of writing is mostly or mainly about.
12. A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word.
14. of View The perspective from which a story is told (1st person, 3rd person, etc.).
15. A comparison between two things that uses the words "like" or "as."
17. When several words in a row start with the same beginning consonant sound.
19. A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

1. The person who is telling the story to the reader.
2. An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse").
3. A word that mimics the sound it represents, like "Bang!" or "Buzz."
6. The character or force that works against the main character.
8. The main problem or struggle that characters face in a story.
9. The central message, moral, or "big idea" of a story.
11. The words around an unknown word that help you figure out its meaning.
13. The words that characters speak out loud to each other.
16. A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a story.
17. A word that means the opposite of another word.
18. A common phrase that means something different than its literal words (e.g., "Break a leg").