Across
- 2. Differing from expected norms of behavior; evil
- 4. a warning or hint of a future event, particularly in a narrative story.
- 7. a young person who is thin and looks unhealthy and uncared for
- 10. a moment of sudden revelation or insight
- 11. a secret plan between two or more people to do something illegal or wring
- 12. a regular payment made to a person during retirement and drawn from an investment fund into which the person or their employer paid during that person’s working life
- 15. start to lose strength or momentum
- 16. An act or behavior that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct
- 18. a set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution or situation
- 19. to free oneself from constraint or difficulty
- 20. Detailed and complicated in design or planning.
- 21. a ravine or channel formed by the movement of water
Down
- 1. a literary principle stating that the writer should only introduce story elements that will impact the outcome of the story.
- 3. Having or showing skill in achieving one’s goals through deceit or evasion
- 5. The quality of knowing everything. Narrators in stories can be omniscient (all-knowing) or semi-omniscient (knowing many things but not all)
- 6. having an obstinate or uncooperative attitude
- 8. the equipment, machinery, or structure needed for or maintaining an activity, task, or organization
- 9. A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers
- 13. a tenant farmer who gives labor as a form of rent
- 14. to deal with something in an unrealistic, ideal fashion; to portray something as better than it actually is or was.
- 17. to make a story more interesting or attractive by adding extra details, especially if those details are not true