Academic Vocabulary 8th Grade ELA

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Across
  1. 2. to decide or conclude through reasoning
  2. 5. an educated guess
  3. 7. establish as a fact
  4. 8. the general attitude of a text
  5. 14. expand or elaborate
  6. 15. the relationship between parts that make a whole\
  7. 17. point out differences
  8. 18. give examples or describe
  9. 19. chronological order of the most important events in a text
  10. 20. the author's most important idea in a work
Down
  1. 1. to quote specifically in order to support a claim
  2. 3. something that proves or disproves a claim
  3. 4. the dictionary definition of a word
  4. 6. to provide more information on something
  5. 7. the feeling associated with a word
  6. 9. very clear, leaves nothing out, you do not have to infer
  7. 10. provide a sound reason for someone to do something
  8. 11. the lesson we can apply to everyday life learned from a story
  9. 12. to make clear
  10. 13. not meant to be taken literally
  11. 16. to tell or show the details of something
  12. 19. to back up or justify a claim