unit 4 vocab Crossword

a feeling of resentment based on something that happened in the past
a character’s opinion or feelings about a specific topic
give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out anticipation (or the experience of) of pain or distress
disbelieving
a literary device in which the author includes a scene that occurred before the present moment
the social, cultural, and emotional associations words have, beyond the dictionary definition
open disobedience
a strong feeling that something (usually bad) is about to happen
the way text is organized
the beginning of a story, in which characters, setting and context are introduced
after the exposition when the story begins to get complicated and the central conflict is introduced
turning point of a story when the tension and conflict become most intense
directly after climax, conflicts introduced earlier begin to be resolved
the way a story ends, plot points get resolved
a subtle warning or indication of a future event, a “hint” of what’s about to happen
brave or heroic
goes beyond the literal meaning of words to create a deeper understanding for the reader
the author’s attitude toward a topic, conveyed through word choice
the dictionary definition of a word
a character, setting or object that represents a larger, more complex idea
one or two word phrase to describe what a text is about
the author’s message in the text about the way the world works or being human
a strong belief or opinion
to behave according to group expectations, follow the rules
aspect of storytelling in which the author creates anxiety or apprehension about what will happen next
hallucinating, unable to communicate or perceive the world clearly
a technique used to convey deeper meaning in a text
grouping of lines in a poem separated from the next by a space
the “voice” of the poem
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words close to each other
a bitter feeling resulting from being wronged by someone
the most important idea the writer is trying to communicate in nonfiction text