7th Grade ELA Final Review

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Across
  1. 2. clearly stated or shown
  2. 9. the context of time and place in which the story occurs
  3. 11. an idea or feeling that a word invokes (positive, negative, or neutral) in addition to its literal meaning
  4. 13. when two adjectives modifying the same noun need a comma and can be reversed
  5. 15. the term for a struggle or disagreement, whether its between individuals, groups, or with oneself
  6. 16. most intense moment of the story; turning point
  7. 17. the opposing argument to a claim
  8. 19. a group of words
  9. 20. a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as"
  10. 21. a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature
  11. 22. the most important idea or claim the author communicates in a text
  12. 24. a quirky saying or expression
  13. 26. the first paragraph in an essay that contains a hook and makes the topic or claim clear to the reader
  14. 30. the term for giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
Down
  1. 1. quotations or paraphrases from text passages that support a position, claim, reason, or point (especially in an essay or constructed response)
  2. 3. when the order of two adjectives modifying the same noun cannot be reversed and are written without a comma
  3. 4. exaggeration
  4. 5. the process by which the writer reveals the personality traits of a character
  5. 6. the term for the voice (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) in which a story is written
  6. 7. the way the information within a written text is organized
  7. 8. a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
  8. 10. a group of words WITH a subject and a verb
  9. 12. the last paragraph of an essay that wraps up the essay and challenges the reader
  10. 14. the response to a counterclaim in an argumentative essay
  11. 18. a summary free from opinion or bias
  12. 23. the author's reason or purpose for writing. (inform, persuade, express, & entertain
  13. 25. the dictionary definition
  14. 27. a writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter
  15. 28. provides background information about the story's characters, setting, and other elements
  16. 29. you have to use clues within the text to draw a conclusion