Across
- 2. a character who undergoes internal or external changes in the course of a story.
- 4. a tension that emerges early in the plot of a story when a character needs or wants something they don’t have. This can be external (person vs. another person or a force) or internal (tensions inside a character).
- 6. imagery that appeals to a sense of sight
- 8. a character without complex traits– they typically undergo little or no change throughout the story and little happens in the story to explore their desires or needs.
- 10. The central character in a narrative, generally presented early in development of the main plot
- 12. The time and place of a narrative.
- 13. a character with complex and sometimes contradictory motivations/attributes.
- 15. A contradiction in which what is said is the opposite of the meaning intended.
- 17. Occurs when what is expected to happen is different from what actually ends up happening.
- 21. imagery that appeals to sensations inside the body
- 22. A point of view in which the story is narrated directly by a character within the story (narrator uses the identifying pronouns ‘I’ or ‘we.’)
- 23. An interpretive overall statement that a story expresses about a central idea or topic–so this is not merely the topic it addresses– instead, it’s something we can express as a big question or a statement that takes a position about a main topic.
- 26. The part of a narrative where tension starts, which introduces a main conflict and begins to develop that conflict. We can think of this as ‘complications.’
- 27. imagery that appeals to a sense of taste
- 28. A point of view in which the story is narrated by an uninvolved narrator, but the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one character, which invites the reader into one character’s state of mind.
- 29. An ‘unraveling’ of action that happens after a story’s climax or turning point.
- 30. Occurs when the reader/audience is aware of something characters do NOT yet know.
Down
- 1. A closing point in the structure of a story where a character faces the ultimate consequences of the story’s action and encounters a new end ‘ground situation.’
- 3. A pinnacle moment in the structure of a narrative where conflict intensifies and shifts irrevocably, often called a climax.
- 5. The part of a narrative in which setting and characters are introduced prior to the story’s conflict. This part establishes what we can call the ‘ground situation.’
- 7. A point of view in which the story is directed at the reader as an implied or stated ‘you’ who is involved in the story.
- 9. A point of view in which the story is narrated by an objective narrator who conveys the actions and sometimes thoughts of more than one character, an ‘all-seeing’ narrator.
- 11. Reference in a story to event(s) that have occurred in the past.
- 14. imagery that appeals to a sense of hearing
- 16. A recurrent idea or image in a story (this term comes from a French word meaning ‘dominant idea’). It can be an abstract concept (like ‘loss’ or ‘motherhood’) or it might be a recurring object or event (rain, the supernatural, flying, a flower)
- 18. imagery that appeals to a sense of touch
- 19. imagery that appeals to a sense of smell
- 20. a character who does not change throughout a narrative work.
- 23. the author’s attitude toward the text’s subject – or the attitude of a narrator or character toward the subject
- 24. A force at work against what a character wants or needs– this force is typically a person or a group of people, but sometimes it can be a more abstract force in society or in human nature– like fate or greed.
- 25. The use of details to point to a coming event occurring later in a story’s plot.