Across
- 3. A problem to be overcome, whether internal or external.
- 8. "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine."
- 10. Words that add more information about other words.
- 13. "Ding, dong, ding dong, Christmas bells are ringing."
- 15. The decrease in tension in a story.
- 16. Modifies verbs and other adverbs.
- 17. Thanos in INFINITY WAR.
- 20. A reference to something well-known.
- 21. "The hungry fire consumed everything in its path."
- 22. A sequence of events, usually in the order they happened.
- 23. Modifies people, places, things, and ideas.
- 25. Any person, animal, or figure represented in a story.
- 28. "This steak is so good, I could die!"
- 29. "... and they lived happily ever after."
Down
- 1. "Many mumbling mice are making midnight music in the moonlight."
- 2. Decisions and events that increase tension in a story.
- 4. Background information.
- 5. A writer's "tools."
- 6. Tony Stark in IRON MAN.
- 7. "Time flies like an arrow."
- 9. Placeholders for names, such as "I," "you," "it."
- 11. Expressions that are not literal, literally.
- 12. A hint of what is to come; Candy's dog.
- 14. The eight "jobs" that words have in a sentence.
- 18. The "lesson" or "moral" of the story; the message.
- 19. The point of highest tension in a story.
- 24. Language that engages your senses.
- 26. "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
- 27. Very flexible words that express action or existence.
- 30. Words like "student," "teacher," "classroom," "quantum physics."