Across
- 2. The purpose of this writing is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event or action so that the reader can picture that being described.
- 4. This narrator tells the story using "I," and is a character in the story.
- 5. The deliberate and excessive use of conjunctions in successive words or clauses. The effect is a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up— a persistence or intensity.
- 6. This point of view, as its name implies, presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters.
- 8. A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
- 10. A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The effect is to add emphasis and structural variety.
- 13. The purpose of this type of writing is to tell a story or narrate an event or series of events.
- 16. This narrator relates the events with the pronouns, "he," "she," and "it."
- 18. A type of subject complement - a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject. It follows a linking verb and is located in the predicate of the sentence.
- 20. One of the major divisions of genre, it refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms.
- 21. This term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.
- 22. Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
Down
- 1. The purpose of this type of writing is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader.
- 3. A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.
- 7. The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.
- 8. A type of argumentation having an additional aim of urging some form of action.
- 9. An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish.
- 11. The purpose of this type of writing is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion.
- 12. In literature, the perspective from which a story is told.
- 14. This is not answered by the writer because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no answer would suffice.
- 15. In this point of view, the narrator, with godlike knowledge, presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters. This allknowing narrator can reveal what each character feels and thinks at any given moment.
- 17. One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb. It is the predicate of the sentence, and modifies, or describes, the subject.
- 19. This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of writing.