Across
- 5. "to" + a verb
- 8. a type of sentence formed with two independent clauses
- 9. a verbal that ends in -ing and acts as a noun
- 10. author of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- 12. The author of Hound of the Baskervilles
- 15. giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas
- 17. the character who opposes the main character
- 18. the noun or pronoun that usually comes before the main verb in the sentence
- 21. narrator of The Outsiders
- 22. a comparison between two things using like or as
- 23. a sentence formed with one independent clause
Down
- 1. the kind of verb that has a direct object
- 2. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird
- 3. a story where the objects and characters represent bigger ideas that serve to offer a broader moral or message.
- 4. "I wish I were a little bit taller."
- 6. sarcasm; when a character says the opposite of what they mean
- 7. exaggeration
- 8. The character who is the "ugly duckling" in the play
- 11. dictionary definition
- 13. author of "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
- 14. I, me, my, mine
- 16. when the subject does the action of the verb
- 19. punctuation mark you should NOT use to join two independent clauses
- 20. part of the story with the highest point of action
