Across 2) a theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life is called a _ _ _ _ _. 8) this is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea. 9) a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ summary is a synopsis of the events, characters, and ideas in a work of literature. 10) this is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work. - down 1) this is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work. 3) this is an expression of an author's personal belief. it is not something that can be proved to be true or false. 4) this term describes a narrator or writer who puts his or her own opinions and feelings into the description of the action in a piece of writing. it is the opposite of 'objective'. 5) these are the people or animals who take part in a literary work. 6) this verb means to separate a whole into its parts and then look more closely at those parts. 7) this is the series of events that happen in a literary work