Literary Terms

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Across
  1. 4. Comparing two unlike nouns with “was, were, is, are, am”
  2. 7. the turning point of the story
  3. 10. How fast or slow a story goes
  4. 12. An interruption in a story to tells about an event in the past
  5. 15. the end of a story
  6. 16. the beginning of a story
Down
  1. 1. Hints or clues that indicate something will happen later in a story.
  2. 2. A feeling of anxious curiosity in a reader
  3. 3. the way a writer develops a character
  4. 5. the places in a story
  5. 6. Action the events that take place before the climax; most of the story
  6. 8. the problems in a story
  7. 9. Action The events that take place after the climax, but before the resolution.
  8. 11. The use of sensory words in writing
  9. 13. Comparing two unlike nouns with “like” or “as”
  10. 14. The emotions a reader feels from a story