Across
- 1. another word for verbal irony
- 5. an educated guess or conclusion based on textual evidence
- 8. the universal message about life that the author wants readers to know
- 9. a break in the action of the story to recall events from the past
- 11. hints within nearby words or phrases in a text that help you determine the meaning of unknown words
- 13. when readers or the audience knows more than the characters
- 14. how characters look and act
- 15. the incidents that occur in a text
- 19. a reference to another work of literature or history in the text you're reading
- 20. all events that lead up to the climax
- 22. the beginning of a story; introduction to the characters and conflict
Down
- 2. words that mean the same as another words
- 3. the turning point in the plot of a story
- 4. what the text is all about and what all sentences support
- 6. the end of the conflict; readers see the author's message/learn a lesson
- 7. the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution
- 10. when the opposite of what is expected to happen occurs
- 12. words that mean the opposite of a word
- 16. when a character says the opposite of what he/she means
- 17. the dictionary definition of a word
- 18. the emotion or feeling of a word
- 21. the author's attitude towards the subject of a text