Checkpoint Key Language

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Across
  1. 2. a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
  2. 4. a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts (such as smog from smoke and fog)
  3. 8. His tender heir might bear his memory
  4. 11. I am so hungry I would eat dirt right now.
  5. 12. words (such as “y'all” or “gonna” or "wanna"), phrases (such as "old as the hills" and "graveyard dead")
  6. 14. full stops (.), commas (,), question marks (?), exclamation marks (!), colons (:), semi-colons (;), apostrophes ('), and speech marks (",").
  7. 17. The tree's limb cracked and groaned when lightning hit it.
  8. 19. devices, involve words or phrases that convey meaning, provoke responses from readers or listeners, and persuade them during communication.
  9. 21. story / tale / a weighty tome
  10. 23. You stole the forbidden fruit when you took his candy
  11. 25. description of a character in a story
Down
  1. 1. the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
  2. 3. very informal language / nonstandard "This word search is lit"
  3. 5. My stomach grumbled in hunger as we entered the restaurant
  4. 6. arrange (a piece of writing)
  5. 7. they way the writer makes you feel
  6. 9. words (or phrases) you substitute for nouns when your reader or listener already knows which noun you're referring to
  7. 10. My mom has a heart of gold.
  8. 12. You should always the first letter of the first word in a sentence, no matter what the word is
  9. 13. a brief statement or account of the main points of something.
  10. 15. article / report / information
  11. 16. a word made by shortening and combining two words.
  12. 18. They fought like cats and dogs
  13. 20. The babble of babies brings joy to my ears
  14. 22. "Raining cats and dogs"
  15. 24. The loud silence of night keeps him awake