Literature Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the beginning of a story; introduces the characters, main story line/ conflict, setting
  2. 5. a recurring idea throughout a piece of writing
  3. 7. the point in a literary work at which the conflict is completely or somewhat resolved
  4. 11. a way of presenting a situation or series of events that reflects a particular point of view or set of values
  5. 13. Action the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict
  6. 14. Action he period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution
  7. 16. a written history of a person's life
  8. 17. the struggle the main character goes through in a story
  9. 21. Characters characters that are significantly different at the end of a story from what they were like at the beginning of a story
  10. 23. Idea the concept that the author wants to show through the narrative, characters, and settings
  11. 24. the person who is sharing the events of a story, including characters' thoughts and feelings
  12. 25. a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition organized by a particular style, form, or content
  13. 26. compares two things
  14. 27. imaginative fiction that incudes magic, mythical creatures, made up worlds, etc...
  15. 28. taking ideas from the text
  16. 30. a self-written history of a person's life
  17. 31. the highest point of tension in a storyline, often directly dealing with the conflict
  18. 33. Person Narrator a narrator who only knows their own thoughts and feelings and tells their own story
  19. 34. a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious crime
  20. 36. the main character of a story
  21. 37. compares two things using "like" or "as"
  22. 38. the time and place in which a story takes place
  23. 39. writing that is invented or made up
  24. 40. Fiction books that are set in the present time or the recent past
Down
  1. 1. the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing
  2. 2. a piece of fiction that deals with the paranormal, psychologically abnormal, or other fear-inducing topic
  3. 3. Person Narrator a narrator who tells someone else's story; may only know the main character's thoughts and feelings
  4. 6. Characters a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the story
  5. 8. a piece of fiction that is designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense
  6. 9. Narrator a narrator who knows all characters' thoughts and feelings
  7. 10. Fiction a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events
  8. 12. taking words directly from the text
  9. 15. a person who is involved in the story
  10. 18. a narrative composed from personal experience
  11. 19. the feeling an author writes into a piece of writing
  12. 20. to give hints of what might happen later in a story
  13. 22. giving human traits to a non-human thing
  14. 27. Language a type of writing that does not use a word's definition
  15. 28. the main action in a story
  16. 29. using words that relate to the five senses
  17. 32. the opposition to the main character of a story
  18. 35. writing that is about facts and real events
  19. 38. Fiction fiction that deals with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals