Across
- 2. Similarities and differences in a text.
- 6. When the narrator only knows one character's thoughts or feelings.
- 8. A short summary in your own words.
- 9. The thesis or topic of an essay.
- 10. The lesson or moral of the story.
- 12. The events leading to the central conflict of the story.
- 14. How a text is organized.
- 15. The most exciting part of the story.
- 19. The narrator is not a character in the story.
- 25. The beginning of the story where characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced.
- 32. Exaggeration.
- 33. When the narrator knows more than one character's thoughts or feelings.
- 35. The topic of a paragraph.
- 36. Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
- 37. The narrator of a poem.
- 38. Title of a section; a title that goes beneath the main title.
- 42. Comparison using like or as.
- 43. When characters speak to one another.
- 44. The person telling a story.
- 46. The stressed and unstressed syllables that create the rhythm of a poem.
- 47. Writing or taking notes as you read.
- 49. The author's feelings about the text.
- 50. A text structure that sorts similar items.
- 52. Descriptions using the five senses that create a mental image.
- 53. Comparison not using like or as.
- 54. Hints in the text that tell you what a word means.
Down
- 1. Photographs, maps, charts, graphs, tables, etc.
- 3. Relating ideas from personal experiences or other texts.
- 4. The words/style an author uses to express their emotions.
- 5. The events leading to the end of the central conflict of the story.
- 7. Words or phrases that are repeated.
- 10. Tells what a story is about.
- 11. Struggles going on outside a character.
- 13. A text structure that involves a conflict with a clear resolution.
- 16. The reason an author is writing.
- 17. The reader's feelings about the text.
- 18. Writing that gives information about a graphic aid.
- 20. The end of the story where the conflict is solved.
- 21. Words that mimic sounds.
- 22. Making an inference or reading in between the lines
- 23. A category or type of writing.
- 24. The subjects that a story is about.
- 26. Struggles going on inside a character.
- 27. A break in the order of a story that goes back in time.
- 28. A bar on the side that gives extra information.
- 29. When a story is told in the order that the events occur.
- 30. The narrator is a character in the story.
- 31. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
- 34. A text structure that discusses actions and their reactions.
- 39. Slanted or cursive writing. Used for titles of books and giving emphasis.
- 40. The events that happen in a story.
- 41. A shortened version of a text.
- 45. Something that represents an idea.
- 48. The time and location of a story.
- 51. The facts or information that support the main idea.