Across
- 1. the repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables that follow different vowel sounds
- 5. a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
- 6. is the order of events in a story.
- 7. is a group of poetic lines, typically separated by space.
- 8. The main conflict begins, typically set off by a key event or scene called the inciting incident. Tension builds, and events lead to the climax.
- 9. is the point at which a line ends.
- 11. is an author’s word choice and style.
- 13. is a disagreement or contradiction between appearance and reality, between meaning and intention, or between what readers expect and what actually happens.
- 14. tense shows an action or state of being that will occur later.
- 17. The story’s tension comes to boiling point. The conflict reaches its most dramatic peak, and the characters must address it.
- 20. sums up the key ideas and ends in a memorable way
- 21. shows when the action occurs or when the state of being exists.
- 23. words with sounds that are identical: learn and earn
- 24. is the emotional or cultural meaning associated with the word.
- 26. is its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
- 28. is the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the ends of words.
- 29. the repetition of initial consonant sounds in stressed syllables of nearby words
- 32. things you cannot touch; non physical details in a setting: traditions, political issues, class structure, etc
- 35. is a vertical grouping of lines, usually separated by space.
- 36. Events come to an end, and the conflict is settled.
- 39. line does not complete a thought, phrase, or sentence at the line break, but continues onto the next line.
- 40. is the way an author organizes words into sentences.
- 41. is the time and place in which a story happens. This includes the season, the time of day, and the environment (city, forest, beach, and so on). Historical and cultural factors also take part. These factors include shared beliefs and values, as well as larger social problems (war, for example).
- 42. A story’s main message or insight about life
- 43. explores ideas in depth; may use subheads to help organize information
- 44. regular pattern of end rhyme: ABAB BBAA
Down
- 2. something happens that goes against the expectations of the characters, readers, or both.
- 3. is the writer's main reason for writing
- 4. clause also has a subject and verb, but it cannot stand alone as a sentence. In a sentence, they can function as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns.
- 10. are patterns of words that emphasize sound relationships in language. Poets use these devices to enhance the meaning of their poems, to make the emotional qualities more intense, to draw attention to important words and key ideas, and to add to a poem’s musical quality.
- 12. is the way a writer develops a character’s personality. How a character speaks can reveal parts of his or her personality and can reflect the historical and cultural setting of a story.
- 14. After the climax, events “calm down” and tension decreases.
- 15. of a word is its basic, literal meaning, or the dictionary definition.
- 16. tense shows an action occurring now, a state of being existing now, an action that occurs regularly, or can also be used to state a general truth.
- 18. draws the audience in, often with a dramatic situation
- 19. things you can touch; physical details of setting: food, houses, technology, etc
- 22. The writer introduces the characters, setting, and situation.
- 25. reporting on recent events, nonfiction writing that presents facts about acurrent news event or situation.
- 27. is a writer’s distinctive “sound” or way of “speaking” on the page. It is the sense that there is a real person telling you how he or she sees the world.
- 30. tense shows an action or a state of being that has already occurred.
- 31. problem that the characters face
- 33. words with sounds that are similar but not identical: worm and swarm
- 34. often strives to achieve two purposes: to inform and to entertain
- 37. line ends with a period, comma, semicolon, or colon to show the completion of a thought, a phrase, or a sentence.
- 38. is a horizontal grouping of words and the basic unit of meaning in a poem.