Across
- 4. tells readers who the characters are and what the setting is
- 6. the intended reader of a literary work
- 9. a conversation between two or more characters
- 13. Characterization when the author directly tells you what a character’s personality is like
- 14. a person, a place, a thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well
- 16. objective narrator is not a character in the story; uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” and “they”.
- 17. a character who changes as a result of the events of the story
- 18. author is speaking directly to the reader; uses “you” and “your” throughout
- 21. the main character in a story, novel, drama, or other literary work
- 25. the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story
- 27. the attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
- 30. the time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place
- 31. the truth about life revealed in a work of literature or poem; can have more than one; most are inferred from the reading
- 32. Conflict a character struggles against some outside force; character vs. character, character vs. society; character vs. nature
- 33. Action the events leading up to the climax; rising action is where the conflicts are developed
Down
- 1. (speaker) the person telling a story or a poem; narrative can be fiction or nonfiction
- 2. of View the vantage point from which a story is told
- 3. a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty
- 5. the character who opposes the protagonist
- 7. one-dimensional, usually a minor character; we often do not know his/her motivation or background
- 8. the overall emotion created by a work of literature; usually described with adjectives
- 10. the last part of the story where the loose ends of the plot are tied up and the story is closed
- 11. a character who does not change much in the course of work
- 12. the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
- 15. Characterization when the author reveals information about a character through what the characters says, thinks, feels, does, and what others say/feel about other characters
- 19. a writing that tells a story or a personal experience
- 20. an interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time
- 22. one of the characters is telling the story; uses pronouns like “I,” “me,” and “we”.
- 23. Conflict a struggle that takes place within the character’s mind between opposing needs, desires or emotions; character vs. self
- 24. the overall mood or emotion of a work of literature; author creates this by using images, sound, and descriptions that convey a particular feeling
- 26. complex, multi-faceted, realistic character whose motivations and background are revealed throughout the story
- 28. the moment of change for the main characters; usually an emotional or suspenseful moment in the story
- 29. Action the events that immediately follow the climax