Across
- 1. The setting or context of a story or situation
- 3. A genre involving exciting and often dangerous experiences
- 6. The set of rules for using language
- 9. The main topic or focus of a sentence or discussion
- 10. Conversation between characters in a book or play
- 12. The result or outcome of an action
- 14. The material or subject matter contained within a work
- 15. A phrase with a meaning different from its literal words
- 17. To make changes to improve or correct
- 19. Object The noun or pronoun that receives the benefit of an action
- 20. To make an educated guess about a future event
- 22. A comprehensive reference work containing information on various subjects
- 25. Almost the same or alike
- 26. A genre focused on love and relationships
- 30. Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., quickly, very)
- 31. To leave out or exclude
- 32. Punctuation used to insert additional information (e.g., ( ))
- 33. A humorous or satirical drawing or animation
- 36. A person who revises and prepares text for publication
- 37. The writer of a book or other work
Down
- 2. The difference between two or more elements
- 4. To forecast or anticipate a future event
- 5. A word that describes a noun (e.g., blue, tall)
- 7. The function or part played by someone or something
- 8. A grammatical category that locates an action in time
- 11. A source of information or citation
- 13. The reason something happens
- 14. Vertical arrangement in a table or newspaper
- 16. A word used to define a noun as specific or unspecific (e.g., a, an, the)
- 18. A genre featuring magical or imaginary elements
- 21. The central topic or idea in a story or piece of writing
- 23. A distinct section of a piece of writing
- 24. To form a mental image or concept of something
- 27. A genre involving suspense and solving puzzles
- 28. The blank space around the text of a page
- 29. A written account of someone's life
- 32. A word that replaces a noun (e.g., he, she, it)
- 34. A character who performs great deeds, often the protagonist
- 35. A long fictional narrative
