ELA Academic Language

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Across
  1. 2. a way of thinking about and understanding something
  2. 5. one independent clause
  3. 7. techniques authors use
  4. 8. using multiple modes (image + sound)
  5. 10. design elements (headings, captions, charts)
  6. 12. joins independent clauses
  7. 14. independent + dependent clause
  8. 16. reviewing, selecting, organizing sources
  9. 18. devices, tools such as flashback or foreshadowing
  10. 20. adverb linking two independent clauses
  11. 21. methods to explain/inform using facts & details
  12. 25. main thought guiding a text
  13. 28. historical era a text was created in
  14. 30. interrupt or emphasize
  15. 31. methods used to craft plot, characters, setting
  16. 33. showing differences
  17. 37. two+ independent clauses + dependent clause
  18. 38. reason text exists
  19. 42. struggle between opposing forces
  20. 43. time and place
  21. 44. central message or idea
  22. 47. where information is obtained
  23. 48. shows omission or pause
  24. 49. info that helps readers contextualize a text
  25. 51. feeling a word evokes
  26. 53. to tell differences between items
  27. 56. how the structure creates meaning
  28. 58. mode avenue for accessing text
  29. 59. ending that sums up the purpose
  30. 60. uncertainty that keeps readers engaged
  31. 62. evidence refuting the counterclaim
  32. 63. add extra info
  33. 64. language creating images beyond literal meaning
  34. 65. literal meaning
  35. 66. reasonable to trust
Down
  1. 1. facts or examples that support an idea
  2. 3. look closely at the parts to understand the whole
  3. 4. central point an author conveys
  4. 6. to set up or create
  5. 9. how closely information connects to a topic
  6. 11. separates elements
  7. 13. traditional stories explaining origins or phenomena
  8. 15. facts/examples supporting a claim
  9. 16. paired conjunctions (either/or, both/and)
  10. 17. circumstances around a text
  11. 19. formal written or spoken statement
  12. 22. opinion preventing neutrality
  13. 23. person/figure who moves the plot
  14. 24. two independent clauses
  15. 26. balance of mystery + information creating interest
  16. 27. categories describing word function
  17. 29. group of related words
  18. 32. time of action
  19. 34. to find or locate
  20. 35. introduces lists or explanations
  21. 36. opposing argument
  22. 39. sequence of events
  23. 40. assertion that something is true
  24. 41. how correct/factual info is
  25. 42. quality of being believable
  26. 45. collection of facts or statistics
  27. 46. determine value or effectiveness
  28. 50. ways of understanding meaning
  29. 52. group containing subject & predicate
  30. 54. blending quoted/paraphrased info smoothly
  31. 55. information known to be true
  32. 57. numerical facts
  33. 61. intended readers