Across
- 6. An account of a person's life written by that person.
- 7. a word or phrase that links different ideas; effectively signals a shift from one idea to another
- 8. a statement that can be proven true
- 10. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
- 11. An statement that needs to be proven by evidence.
- 13. Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
- 14. A little story or small piece of information
- 16. Incident event that introduces the central conflict
- 18. Major divisions in a play
- 23. Action the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
- 24. Any writing that is not poetry
- 25. Inform This is when the author wants to teach you something new.
- 27. Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word.
- 31. A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
- 32. a group of lines in a poem or song that constitute a division (in prose: paragraph)
- 36. Sequence of events in a story
- 37. A comparison using "like" or "as"
- 40. writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
- 42. Message The author's main idea, theme, or lesson expressed in a text.
- 44. Entertain This is when the author wants you to respond on an emotional level.
- 45. A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time
- 47. writing that tells a story
- 50. Language Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
- 52. The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
- 53. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
Down
- 1. Relationship between words: synonym, definition, antonym, etc.
- 2. Trait A quality that demonstrates how a person thinks, feels, and acts.
- 3. Idea What the passage is mostly about
- 4. writing that tells about real people, places, and events
- 5. A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.
- 9. the resolution of the conflict in a story's plot; a final outcome
- 12. A force working against the main character, usually another character.
- 15. (v.) to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought
- 17. Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
- 19. A summary based on evidence or facts.
- 20. Techniques These are ways that someone tries to convince you to do something. Bandwagon; testimonial; loaded words; appeal to vanity; appeal to fear.
- 21. Title; chapter heading; text under illustration
- 22. Purpose The reason why the author wrote the text.
- 26. Directions an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
- 28. express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
- 29. inform, To persuade, To explain, or To entertain
- 30. Populum Tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or everyone is doing it.
- 33. Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
- 34. A personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
- 35. Story of a person's life written by another person.
- 38. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- 39. and Effect The reason something happens and the result of it happening.
- 41. a narrative form, such as an epic, legend, myth, song, poem, or fable, that has been retold within a culture for generations
- 43. (Central Idea) the main or basic idea of literary selection; a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a written work
- 46. To separate or break into parts and examine
- 48. A comparison without using like or as
- 49. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
- 51. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning