Across
- 2. a story originating in the oral tradition (passed down by work of mouth). Include legends, ghost stories, fairy tales and fables
- 6. words that have several meanings depending on how they are used in a sentence
- 9. the story of a person's life written by himself or herself
- 13. cause statements stem from actions and events, and effects are what happens as a result of the action and event
- 14. short narrative featuring mythical beings such as fairies, elves and sprites
- 15. a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers
Down
- 1. the author's method of organizing a text
- 3. narrative intended to tell a moral; animals often serve as characters in fables
- 4. placing together characters, situations, or ideas to show common features in literary selections
- 5. to compare differences in literary selection
- 7. an organizational structure in nonfiction texts, where the author presents a problem and possible solutions to it
- 8. a diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships Examples: K-W-L Chart and a Venn diagram
- 10. the story of a person's life written by someone other than that person
- 11. a category used to classify literature works (prose, poetry, science fiction, etc.)
- 12. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events or a story coming down from the past; popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable