Across
- 6. the outcome of the story--the information that ties up all (or many) of the story's loose ends.
- 8. the narrator uses "I" to tell his or her story.
- 13. only reveals the thoughts and feelings of one (or possibly a limited few) character(s)
- 15. the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas
- 18. narrators are not actually characters in the story.
- 19. the historical, physical, geographical and psychological location where a fictional work takes place
Down
- 1. narrators can reveal the thoughts of all their characters; they are "all-knowing."
- 2. a story with two parallel and consistent levels of meaning, on literal and one figurative
- 3. a person, object, action, place, or event that in addition to its literal or denotative meanings suggests a more complex meaning or range of meanings
- 4. does not reveal anyone's thoughts and provides the sort of external objective information that a camera (or an objective reporter) might record
- 5. main characters and are fully developed so that the reader can understand their personality and motivations.
- 7. the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter
- 8. a character who serves to contrast with another character. A hypocritical character, for example, may help emphasize the hero/heroine's honesty.
- 9. the explanation of the story's premise and background material necessary for the reader to understand the story
- 10. the central or dominant idea of a work of fiction
- 11. the scene which presents the story's decisive action
- 12. minor characters who are barely developed or may be stereotypes.
- 14. an extended narrative in prose. Typically the novel relates to a series of events or follows the history of a character or group of characters through a period of time
- 16. a fictional narrative generally centering on one climactic event and usually developing only a single character in depth; its scope is narrower than that of a novel
- 17. the peak in the story's action--the moment of highest dramatic tension