Across
- 3. Figure of speech comparing unlike things using “like” or “as”
- 6. A brief story with a moral
- 7. Word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another
- 8. Climax or turning point in a story
- 9. A made-up story
- 11. A word that describes a noun
- 12. The use of hints about what will happen later
- 14. Punctuation mark showing possession or contraction
- 16. A story passed down by word of mouth
- 17. Word opposite in meaning to another
- 20. A mild or polite expression for something harsh
- 22. Exaggeration for effect
- 23. A type of poem with 14 lines
- 26. The struggle between opposing forces in a story
- 28. A lesson or message in a story
- 29. A play on words
Down
- 1. Group of lines in a poem
- 2. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
- 3. Time and place of a story
- 4. Repetition of consonant sounds
- 5. The dictionary definition of a word
- 10. Action word
- 13. A comparison without using “like” or “as”
- 15. Words spoken by characters in a story
- 18. Letters added to the end of a word to change meaning
- 19. The perspective from which a story is told
- 21. Person, place, thing, or idea
- 24. Word that sounds like the noise it describes
- 25. The main idea of a story
- 27. A long work of fiction