Vocabulary of Reading Terms

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Across
  1. 3. A literary technique in which the author gives hints about an event before it happens.
  2. 5. The reason for an action, feeling, or response.
  3. 6. The overall emotion created by the author
  4. 11. The accumulated knowledge that a person can draw from life experiences to help understand concepts, roles, emotions, and events.
  5. 13. The reason an author writes, such as to entertain, to inform, or to persuade.
  6. 14. A result of a cause
  7. 15. A conclusion made using information from a story.
Down
  1. 1. The way the writer reveals the personality of a character through the character's actions, feelings, and physical attributes (the way the character looks)
  2. 2. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; the words say one thing but mean another.
  3. 4. Text that describes actions or events, usually written as fiction. Examples are novels and short stories
  4. 7. A point of view based on facts rather than feelings or opinions.
  5. 8. A point of view that is based on someone's opinions or feelings rather than on facts or evidence.
  6. 9. Categories of literary and informational works (e.g., biography, mystery, historical fiction, poem).
  7. 10. An important idea or conclusion drawn from reasoning rather than directly stated in the text.
  8. 12. A selection that is made up rather than factually true. Examples of fiction are novels and short stories.