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Use the provided clues about romance tropes to fill in these boxes. Look for the completed crossword on Friday.
Clues:
ACROSS
4: Relationships between ideas flow easily together and are easy for the reader to follow.
5: Slow and steady wins the race.
7: Tells essential background info needed for the current story to flow/for pieces to be put together.
8: Immerse the reader in the story through actions, senses, and other vivid details, rather than just telling readers what's happening.
9: Have I fallen for my coworker?
10: I will never forget you because you were first.
11: The speed at which the story is told, shown through sentence/paragraph structure.
14: Something that happens in the beginning of the store that subtly foretells, what leads to something happening later in the story.
15: A character changing over the course of the story.
17: He's got the money and she's practically homeless, but has a big heart.
20: We can never be together!
21: Uses physical details of a person, place, or thing in order to give readers a sensory (5 senses) depiction of what is being illustrated.
22: The hate slowly grows into affection.
DOWN
1: This boy is always in trouble.
2: It's best not to get involved with your friend's sibling.
3: Are they really still a friend to me? Or do I feel something more?
6: The narrator's view on the world, characters, and events.
12: We've known each other since we were children.
13: You can't have the both of us.
16: I hope this summer never ends.
18: Characters speaking/communicating with each other.
19: The recurring use of a word, plot, image, theme, or character by a writer.
Look for the answers on Friday, February 14!
An interactive version is available here: https://crosswords.brightsprout.com/1385795/Core-ConceptsRomance-Tropes
About the Author:
Nibira Abdullah is currently a Junior at Indiana University Bloomington, and is aspiring for a bachelors in Comparative Literature, and a minor in Film. Nibira’s dream is to be able to work in the publishing world and help aspiring writers get their works published. She also wishes to be able to help future writers edit their works, and help guide them on their path.