Across
- 2. - showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
- 4. characterization: telling the readers about the characters with specific language
- 6. - an indirect (implied) reference to something/someone from literature, history, or culture
- 8. - great sadness; sorrow
- 9. - the turning point of a story when the tension and conflict become most intense, and often when a significant change occurs
- 12. - sullen; gloomy; in a bad mood or temper
- 15. - the emotional "atmosphere" of a scene in a text, which often evokes feelings in the reader
- 18. - the way an author describes and develops characters in a text
- 19. - think
- 20. - deserving of blame and harsh criticism; disgraceful
- 21. characters - characters that do not grow or change significantly over the course of a text
Down
- 1. - expressing hatred, disrespect, or scorn
- 3. - eager to fight; aggressive and combative
- 5. characterization: showing the reader what characters are like through statements, behaviors, emotions
- 7. adj. - 1. puzzled or confused; 2. lost in thought
- 10. - projecting an attitude of authority and arrogance; expecting respect
- 11. - the social, cultural, and emotional associations of specific words; generally thought of as positive, negative, or neutral
- 13. - hostile and aggressive
- 14. characters - characters that grow and change over the course of a literary work in response to events and circumstances
- 16. - not, opposite of
- 17. - making someone feel less angry or mistrustful; charming
- 21. character - a character that the author intends for us to care about and relate to