Across
- 2. how the author wants you to feel while reading his or her book or text
- 4. words that mean the opposite
- 7. reference in literature to well known person, book, piece of literature, etc.
- 9. person/force that creates the main conflict in the story
- 12. a hint about what will happen in the story
- 15. the author's message
- 16. the sequence of events in a story
- 18. exciting part or turning point of story
- 19. slanted font in text
- 20. words that join sentences, phrases, or paragraphs together to help them flow
- 21. how the story ends
- 22. the beginning of the story, including the main characters and main conflict
- 24. the main character of a story
- 27. comparison not using like or as
- 28. when a character thinks back in time
- 29. a nicer way to say something; "I'm letting you go" instead of "You're fired."
- 30. paragraph in a poem
- 31. time and place of a story
Down
- 1. problem in the story
- 3. words placed together than are opposites; jumbo shrimp; bittersweet; same difference
- 5. words that mean the same
- 6. giving human traits to a non-human object
- 7. repetition of beginning sounds of words (Sally sold sea shells)
- 8. characters talking to each other
- 10. the author's attitude
- 11. an exaggeration
- 13. buzz, bang, plop
- 14. a made up story
- 17. comparison using like or as
- 23. factual/informational text
- 25. an object represents something else
- 26. speech of certain area, like Texas y'all