7th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary Review

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Across
  1. 2. A statement or position that a writer wants to prove
  2. 4. The feeling or atmosphere a reader gets from a text
  3. 5. A method used to organize text
  4. 7. A repeated word, phrase, or sound for effect
  5. 8. The use of descriptive language to create mental images
  6. 11. The person telling the story
  7. 16. A word's emotional or suggested meaning
  8. 17. The time and place where a story takes place
  9. 20. The author's reason for writing
  10. 21. A statement that contradicts or opposes another claim
  11. 22. The end or conclusion of a story
  12. 23. The order in which events occur in a story
  13. 24. A personal account of an event written by the author
  14. 26. A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
  15. 27. To draw conclusions based on evidence in the text
Down
  1. 1. The main idea or subject of a text
  2. 3. A piece of nonfiction writing that explains information
  3. 6. Words that have the same ending sound
  4. 9. A comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as"
  5. 10. The main character's problem or struggle
  6. 12. Information from outside sources used to support claims
  7. 13. Facts, examples, or quotes from text that support an idea
  8. 14. To explain your thinking with reasons and evidence
  9. 15. The author's attitude toward the subject
  10. 18. A word's literal meaning
  11. 19. Words that mean nearly the same thing
  12. 25. The central message or universal truth of a text