Across
- 5. The time and place in which the action occurs.
- 7. When a character tells everything in their own words. Uses I, me, and my.
- 9. Conversation between two or more characters in either fiction or nonfiction.
- 10. A scene that interrupts the action of a narrative to describe events that took place at an earlier time. Usually provides background.
- 13. When someone states one thing and means another.
- 14. When an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics.
- 18. When readers know more about a situation or a character in a story than the characters do.
- 20. The process of creating or using words that imitate sounds.
Down
- 1. An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar.
- 2. A writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story. Creates suspense and prepares readers.
- 3. A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. Reflects the writer’s feelings.
- 4. Events are told by a voice outside of the action, not by one of the characters. Uses he, she, and they.
- 6. The underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand. It is a perception about life or human nature.
- 8. The narrator intimately addresses the reader as you. Rarely used.
- 11. The narrator is an all-knowing, objective observer who stands outside the action and reports what different characters are thinking.
- 12. A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
- 15. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. The emotional response from the reader.
- 16. A common figure of speech whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its words.
- 17. Compares two things that have something by using the words like or as.
- 19. Directly compares two things that have something in common.