8th Grade ELA Academic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event
  2. 8. a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form
  3. 9. the argument that is provided in a thesis statement or topic sentences
  4. 11. a reference to something, usually made in an indirect way
  5. 13. the knowledge a person has based on what you already know in your head and previous experiences
  6. 15. the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
  7. 16. a reliable text or form of media that is backed up with evidence
  8. 17. to make changes, correct mistakes, and to prepare the written piece to be published or used by self or others
  9. 18. understandable and consistent
Down
  1. 1. implied; capable of being understood though unexpressed
  2. 2. language that can not be taken literally
  3. 4. to form by combining parts or elements
  4. 5. words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs
  5. 6. set up in an orderly way
  6. 7. the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
  7. 10. expresses and defends an opinion
  8. 11. resemblance in some details between things otherwise unlike
  9. 12. point of view where the thoughts and feelings of all characters are identified
  10. 14. a conversation between characters in a poem, novel ,short story or play
  11. 17. the history of linguistic words, tracing to the language of origin