8th Grade ELA STAAR Review
Across
- 3. A sentence that compares two ideas using like or as
- 6. A sentence that compares two ideas without using like or as
- 8. used to give an inanimate object or item a sense of being alive
- 9. "I've always liked SWIMMING"
- 10. A sound effect that is written out
- 12. Acronym of words to create a compound sentence
- 14. Facts that are used to prove a statement
- 15. An opinionated statement
Down
- 1. An excessive exageration to express emotion
- 2. Describing word
- 4. a type of figurative speech in which the repetition of letters or sounds is used within one sentence
- 5. Describing Word
- 7. Person, Place, Thing
- 11. a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts
- 13. Where the story is taken place