2023-24 English Vccab
Across
- 5. art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking
- 6. text that tries to convince the reader of an idea or viewpoint
- 10. an event or action that makes something happen
- 11. overall idea or message about life in a text
- 12. type of text that focuses on solving something
- 13. basic word part that gives the word its meaning
- 14. story that tells about a person's life by someone else
- 16. finding similarities between two texts
- 18. word part that is added to the beginning of the word and changes its meaning
- 20. use of words, phrases, symbols to paint a picture in the readers' mind; not literal meaning
- 21. a part of a story or play that is broken into smaller pieces
- 22. type or category of writing
- 23. words that have the opposite meanings
- 27. using details in a sentence to figure out what an unknown word means
- 28. story that explains the unknown or teach an important lesson, often involving gods and goddesses
- 30. word part added to the end of a word that changes the word's meaning
- 31. story about good or bad magical characters
- 32. the most important points in a story
- 33. a made-up story that has real settings that come from the past and actual events
- 34. painting a picture in your mind when you read
- 36. a type of poem broken up by syllables
- 37. type of poem that does not make use of rhyme or patterns
- 38. category for fake stories
- 39. words in writing that appeal to the five senses
- 42. true story about something that has happened
- 44. main story events that happen in order for the characters to solve the problem
- 45. a feeling or idea that is associated with a word
- 48. words that have the same or similar meaning
- 49. direct comparison without using like or as
- 51. a type of writing that is performed on stage
- 53. over exaggeration
- 54. proof from the reading
- 57. repetition of a consonant in the middle or end of the word
- 58. a paragraph in poetry
- 60. one character is telling the story, uses I
- 62. the emotion the author gets from the reader about the story
- 63. non human items take on human qualities
- 64. language used to create a picture in the readers' mind
- 65. type of story that is based on traditions and passed down to generations
- 66. finding differences between two texts
- 67. the when, where of a story
Down
- 1. narrator presents the events mainly through one character's perspective
- 2. beginning part of a piece of writing
- 3. dictionary definition of a word
- 4. careful rereading of a text to deepen understanding of that text
- 7. retells the most important parts
- 8. talking in a piece of writing
- 9. people or animals in a story
- 13. repeated words or phrases in a poem
- 15. make a guess as to what will happen next
- 17. the result of the initial action
- 19. describes actions and events that occurred before what is currently happening in the story
- 24. a story
- 25. a made up story that includes characters who look and act like real people
- 26. direct comparison with using like or as
- 29. narrator is not one of the characters telling the story
- 35. repetition of vowel sounds within words
- 37. highly imaginative story about characters, events, and settings that do not exist in real life
- 40. informational text that explains a topic using facts and images
- 41. person telling the story
- 43. a pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in poetry
- 46. two or more words that have same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings
- 47. what the text is about
- 50. repetition of the beginning consonant in multiple words
- 52. gives hints to what will happen later in the story
- 55. the opposite of a main argument
- 56. the ending to a piece of text
- 59. the perspective of how the narrator tells the story
- 61. how the author feeling about a topic
- 64. expression whose meaning goes beyond the words