Across
1
Exact, not figurative meaning
5
Traditional story about gods or heroes
6
Japanese three-line poem
8
Category of literary work
9
Ability to speak or write smoothly
11
Central message of a story
12
Descriptive language appealing to senses
Down
2
Punctuation mark for pausing
3
Conversation in a story
4
Group of words with subject and verb
7
Person telling the story
9
Imaginary stories
10
Main idea being expressed