Roots, Figurative Language, and Story Elements

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Across
  1. 2. Write (e.g., autograph, telegram)
  2. 4. Life (e.g., biology, biography)
  3. 6. To have, hold (e.g., habitat, habitual)
  4. 8. Water (e.g., aquarium, aquatic)
  5. 12. The version of a language spoken in a specific region or by a specific group
  6. 13. Birth, race (e.g., generation, genetics)
  7. 20. A sound word that imitates a noise
  8. 22. High (e.g., altitude, exalt)
  9. 23. The introduction of the story, where characters, setting, and the initial conflict are introduced
  10. 28. Believe (e.g., credible, credit)
  11. 31. Lead (e.g., conduct, educate)
  12. 33. The use of symbols to represent larger ideas or themes within the story
  13. 35. A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as"
  14. 36. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas
  15. 37. Repeating the same sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words
  16. 39. of View The perspective from which the story is told. Common types include first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient
  17. 40. Tooth (e.g., dentist, dental)
  18. 41. Law (e.g., legal, legislature)
  19. 42. The time and place in which the story occurs. It includes details about the environment, era, and location.
  20. 43. Hear (e.g., audio, audience)
  21. 45. The people, animals, or beings who take part in the action of the story. They can be protagonists, antagonists, or supporting characters
  22. 47. People (e.g., democracy, epidemic)
  23. 50. Year (e.g., annual, millennium)
  24. 51. A direct comparison saying one thing is another
  25. 53. Water (e.g., hydrate, hydroelectric)
  26. 54. Place (e.g., location, relocate)
  27. 55. One hundred (e.g., century, percent)
  28. 56. Hard, lasting (e.g., durable, endure)
  29. 57. A technique where the outcome is different from what is expected, or when there is a contrast between appearance and reality. It includes verbal, situational, and dramatic.
Down
  1. 1. jus, judic: Law, justice (e.g., jury, justice, judicial)
  2. 2. Earth (e.g., geography, geology)
  3. 3. Action The events following the climax that lead to the resolution, often resolving subplots or remaining conflicts
  4. 4. Book (e.g., bibliography, bibliophile)
  5. 5. An extreme exaggeration.
  6. 7. The most intense or exciting part of the story, where the main conflict reaches its peak
  7. 8. To do, drive (e.g., action, react)
  8. 9. aster, astro: Star (e.g., astronaut, astronomy)
  9. 10. The underlying message or central idea of the story. It reflects the author’s viewpoint or a universal lesson about life
  10. 11. Time (e.g., chronological, chronicle)
  11. 14. A phrase that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but has a separate meaning of its own
  12. 15. The main problem or struggle in the story, which can be internal (within a character) or external (between characters or forces)
  13. 16. Around (e.g., circumference, circumvent)
  14. 17. To fix, repair (e.g., mend, amendment)
  15. 18. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
  16. 19. End, limit (e.g., final, finite)
  17. 21. A phrase that combines two contradictory terms
  18. 24. The speed at which a story unfolds
  19. 25. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words
  20. 26. A technique used to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind through descriptive language
  21. 27. Say, speak (e.g., dictate, dictionary)
  22. 29. The repeated use of the same word or phrase
  23. 30. The author’s attitude or approach toward the story's subject matter and characters, reflected through their style of writing
  24. 32. Action The series of events that build up the conflict and lead to the climax
  25. 34. Order (e.g., command, mandate)
  26. 38. Word, speech (e.g., dialogue, monologue, logic)
  27. 41. Light (e.g., lucid, illuminate)
  28. 44. The spoken words between characters, which helps reveal their personalities, relationships, and advance the plot
  29. 46. The conclusion of the story, where the conflict is resolved and the characters' fates are revealed
  30. 48. The emotional atmosphere of a story, which evokes specific feelings in the reader
  31. 49. Middle (e.g., medieval, mediator)
  32. 52. The sequence of events that make up a story, including the conflict, climax, and resolution
  33. 55. To go, yield (e.g., precede, recede)