Across
- 3. the person telling the story
- 6. uncertainty, excitement as to the outcome, "edge of your seat"
- 9. a series of related events that make up a story
- 12. the main character that is against the protagonist
- 15. action series of struggles, complications to be overcome leads to greatest emotional point
- 17. ordinary non-poetic writing
- 18. comparison of two unlike things using like or as
- 20. follows the climax and leads to ending
- 21. a category of literature used to classify literary work
- 23. giving human qualities to objects or animals
Down
- 1. act of creating and developing a character - how a character is revealed
- 2. perspective which the author tells the story - 1st, 3rd person
- 4. the end of the story also called the conclusion
- 5. the main character that the readers are for
- 7. major struggle in the story for characters to overcome
- 8. talking that goes on between characters; conversation
- 10. time place the story occurs
- 11. writer's hints that suggest what may still occur
- 13. the main idea of the story, a truth the author wants to share
- 14. a brief work of fiction containing basic literary work
- 16. highest point of interest, shift in story line
- 19. use of sensory words - sight sound, smell, etc
- 22. a book length prose story - fictional