Across
- 3. the narrator's outlook or view on events, characters, and the world
- 4. the act of causing someone to accept what is false or invalid as true or valid
- 7. genre of literature whose stories focus on a puzzling crime, situation, or circumstance that needs to be solved
- 9. help establish the mood and atmosphere of a story - consider the time period, location, weather, and cultural influences
- 10. creates tension and drives the plot forward
- 11. scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story
- 12. sets the mood, evokes emotions, and conveys the author's perspective
- 13. introduction to story, main characters, setting, time and mood
- 15. what comes immediately after the important climax has taken place
- 17. the conclusion to the story’s plot
- 18. a genre of literature that was popular in the 18th and 19th century, typically fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror
- 20. element in a novel that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters
Down
- 1. the message or lesson that the author wants to convey through the story
- 2. a literary device in which tension holds our attention between one moment and another
- 5. a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story
- 6. sequence of events that make up the story
- 7. to control or influence (a person or situation)
- 8. a series of events that helps our main character develop their conflict or contributes to it
- 14. a genre of prose fiction that focuses intensively on the interior life of characters, representing their subjective thoughts
- 16. drive the story forward - they can be protagonists, antagonists, or supporting roles
- 19. the most exciting part of the story or the highest point of tension and drama