Across
- 2. Device, a technique used by authors to emphasize certain sounds
- 3. two or more words with the same final sounds
- 7. the lines the characters speak out loud in a drama
- 9. a person or thing who plays a part in a story
- 12. the problem in the story that the main character needs to face; it may be internal or external
- 13. Directions, information about the setting and characters that are not spoken out loud in a drama
- 15. when and where the story takes place
- 16. a major division within a play
- 19. literary work that is structured as a play and meant to be performed on a stage
- 21. the series of events that take place in a story
- 22. Character, a character who plays a smaller part in the story
- 23. traditional stories that have been passed down orally through generations
Down
- 1. when words are used to imitate the sound they describe
- 3. Scheme, the pattern of words that rhyme at the end of each line
- 4. stories that are based on historical events but have been exaggerated over time
- 5. the end of the story where the conflict is resolved in one way or another
- 6. traditional stories that are passed down and include an explanation of how things came to be
- 8. short stories; often with animal characters; that teach a moral or lesson
- 10. a subdivision of an act in a play, happening in one specific time and place
- 11. a grouped set of lines within a poem
- 14. the big idea or lesson you learn from a story; the message the author wants to share with you
- 17. the main subject of a story
- 18. Tales, stories with magical and fanciful elements that usually have a happy ending
- 20. the repetition of sounds at the beginning of two or more words near each other
- 22. Character, a character who plays a significant part in the story