Across
- 2. where books are stored
- 7. a story's overall message
- 9. series of events/actions that take place in a story
- 12. driving force or problem in a story
- 13. time, place, season
- 16. sentence structure
- 19. a genre with stories that are not real
- 20. person who writes a story
- 21. thinking deeply about the past
- 23. character transforms/grows/matures
- 28. text read to gain information/facts
- 29. fifth stage of plot; loose ends tied up
- 31. the manner in which an author writes
- 32. a good ending
- 33. a bad ending
- 34. Outsiders author
- 35. of view perspective from which a story is told
- 36. main character
- 37. first stage of plot; background
Down
- 1. meaning gathered from the story
- 3. conclusion to a story
- 4. opposite concepts
- 5. one who doesn't change
- 6. helps your brain grow/develop
- 8. third stage of plot; builds tension
- 10. sudden and unexpected twist
- 11. fiction based in reality
- 14. well-developed
- 15. second stage of plot; major conflict
- 17. fourth stage of plot; success or failure
- 18. name of a story, book, film, etc.
- 22. the mood or feeling of a story
- 24. broad category of stories; classifying books
- 25. dropping hints throughout a story
- 26. Ponyboy was this in The Outsiders
- 27. against the main character
- 30. stories are real and factual