Short Stories - English 8

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Across
  1. 3. the parts of a story arranged to make a story understandable to the reader
  2. 5. The main character
  3. 8. A struggle with a force outside one’s self.
  4. 10. Hints about what is to come in a story
  5. 13. the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
  6. 18. The leading character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing himher.
  7. 20. Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings. Only character’s dialogue and actions are narrated.
  8. 21. the series of events that lead to the climax. These events help build up the excitement in the story.
  9. 22. describes where and when the story takes place
  10. 23. A character who causes problems for the main character
Down
  1. 1. Usually for instructions. Uses “You”; from “your” perspective.
  2. 2. An ending where an event is both the climax and the resolution.
  3. 4. A character that changes very little or not at all
  4. 6. A struggle within one’s self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.
  5. 7. Narrator is all knowing. Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character.
  6. 9. Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
  7. 10. Narrator is a part of the story (character). Often uses I or we.
  8. 11. the conclusion of the story. It ties together the whole story and brings it to a close.
  9. 12. An episode in a story which goes back to an earlier time.
  10. 13. The leading character struggles with his physical strength against other men, forces of nature, or animals.
  11. 14. A character that changes through the course of the story
  12. 15. happens right after the climax. The action starts to calm down. The characters react to what happens in the climax
  13. 16. The leading character struggles with himselfherself; with hisher own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.
  14. 17. Narrator is limited to one character. Tells thoughts & feelings of one character
  15. 18. The leading character struggles against ideas, practices or customs of other people
  16. 19. The very peak of the story.