Across
- 1. the part of the story in which all the loose ends are tied up (2 words)
- 2. the central idea of each paragraph that the details support (2 words)
- 3. the point of the story with the greatest emotional intensity
- 6. to convice a person to agree with your opinion
- 7. the last paragraph of your formal essay in which you summarize your main points and give your reader a call to action
- 8. one sentence that tells what your paper is about
- 10. a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or desires
- 11. the part of the story that develops the conflict and suspense grows (2 words)
- 13. the middle paragraphs of your formal essay that support your thesis statement (2 words)
- 16. struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within the same character (2words)
- 18. the person or people you are trying to convince
- 21. the writer reveals what a character is like (2 words)
- 26. the story comes to a reasonable conclusion
- 28. common sense statements that appeal to the reader's sense of logic (type of logical appeal)
- 29. reasons an author gives to support his or her opinion that tug at your heart strings
- 32. whatever the protagonist is up against
- 33. facts based on numbers
- 34. facts, statistics, expert opinions, examples, or anecdotes that prove your claim or opinion
- 35. a central idea revealed in a work of literature
Down
- 1. the character only has one or two personality traits (2 words)
- 4. the main character of the story
- 5. the writer tells us specifically what a character is like (2 words)
- 7. how a writer reveals what a character is like
- 9. the beginning of the story where the mc is introduced, the setting is revealed, and we learn the main conflict (2 words)
- 12. a feeling of anticipation over what will happen next
- 14. an individual in a story, poem, or play
- 15. the series of related events that make up a story
- 17. information that can be proven true
- 19. the character stays the same through the story (2 words)
- 20. the reason why a character or author acts, thinks, feels, or writes in a certain way
- 22. the character changes throughout the story (2 words)
- 23. a character struggles against an outside force (2 words)
- 24. the character is well-developed with many character traits (2 words)
- 25. to quote a source within a formal essay (in-text)
- 27. a judgement that cannot be proven true
- 30. convincing reasons or evidence that support the writer's opinions (2 words)
- 31. the final page of your paper that states your sources (2 words)