All the Things

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Across
  1. 6. the main idea of a text
  2. 7. to briefly explain the entire thing
  3. 8. to put something into your own words
  4. 9. the moral or message of a story
  5. 11. Words from the text used to support your writing
  6. 12. something unexpected
  7. 13. a hint that something will happen later on
  8. 14. to explain your evidence
  9. 15. Writing that takes a position and proves a point
Down
  1. 1. why an author writes a text
  2. 2. 1st sentence of a paragraph that tells the reader what the paragraph is about
  3. 3. Writing that explains
  4. 4. a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
  5. 5. Writing that tells a fictional story
  6. 10. a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as"
  7. 11. Last sentence of a paragraph that sums up what you've said