Across
- 2. When an object, color, or action represents a deeper idea or meaning
- 4. Facts, examples, or quotes that support a claim or argument
- 6. The author’s choice of words and writing style that affect tone and meaning
- 12. Text Writing that provides facts or explains a topic
- 14. Using credibility or trustworthiness to persuade an audience
- 15. The use of language to persuade an audience through logic, emotion, or credibility
- 16. Story A story within another story that connects or explains the main plot
- 18. Using emotions to persuade an audience
- 19. The turning point or moment of greatest suspense in a story
- 21. An intentional exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
- 22. Person A narrator who speaks directly to the reader using “you”
- 24. A close examination of how parts of a text work together to create meaning
- 25. Person A narrator who tells the story using “he,” “she,” or “they”
- 26. The author’s way of revealing a character’s traits through actions, dialogue, and description
- 28. Using logic, evidence, and reasoning to persuade an audience
- 31. Clues or hints that suggest what will happen later in the story
- 32. The beginning of a story where the setting, characters, and main conflict are introduced
- 33. The central message or lesson about life the author wants readers to understand
- 34. Person A narrator who tells the story using “I” or “me”
- 35. The conversations between two or more characters in a story
Down
- 1. Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses to create vivid mental images
- 3. The end of the story where the main conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up
- 5. Action The series of events that build tension and develop the main conflict
- 7. A statement of opinion that can be proven or argued
- 8. The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience
- 9. A comparison using “like” or “as”
- 10. The feeling or atmosphere a reader experiences while reading a story
- 11. A scene that interrupts the story to show an earlier event or memory
- 13. Giving human traits or emotions to animals, objects, or ideas
- 17. The struggle between opposing forces that drives the story’s events
- 19. A statement that challenges or opposes another person’s argument
- 20. The time and place where a story occurs
- 23. Text Writing meant to convince readers to accept an opinion or take action
- 27. Text Writing that tells a story with characters, setting, and plot
- 29. of View The perspective from which a story is told
- 30. Action The events after the climax that lead toward resolution