Across
- 3. A person in the story; in a personal narrative, the author is central.
- 5. A comparison using “like” or “as.”
- 6. Checking spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
- 8. ______ details that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch.
- 10. Improving content and clarity by adding, removing, or replacing.
- 16. Giving human qualities to something nonhuman.
- 17. The ending that leaves the reader with a final thought or feeling.
- 18. Emotions the narrator shares with the reader.
Down
- 1. Words or phrases that move the story from one event to the next.
- 2. Repetition of the same beginning sound in nearby words.
- 4. The order in which events happen.
- 7. The beginning that introduces the situation and engages the reader.
- 9. The main problem or challenge in a story.
- 11. A true story about something that happened to the author.
- 12. A word that imitates a sound, such as “bang.”
- 13. An exaggeration used to make a point.
- 14. A comparison that says one thing is another, without “like” or “as.”
- 15. Words spoken by characters; use quotation marks.
- 19. The time and place where a story happens
