Across
- 3. the story's central problem is finally solved, leaving the reader with a sense of completion
- 5. person, place, or thing that represents something
- 6. background information; beginning of story
- 7. turning point of action in the plot; the greatest point of tension
- 10. conveys the author's ideas about life; themes can be obvious but sometimes require closer reading
- 11. object has human characteristics
- 13. compares two unlike things using like or as
- 14. refers to tension of opposing forces; person vs. person, etc.
- 15. of view vantage point from which story is told
Down
- 1. most prominent character who opposes hero
- 2. action or dialogue that leads the reader into the story's end
- 4. brief short stories
- 8. relates to the feeling a text arouses in its reader
- 9. comparison without using like or as
- 11. main character or hero of story
- 12. conflicts that grow more intense as story progresses