ELA Concepts & Terms

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Across
  1. 6. A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people
  2. 7. A conversation between two or more characters
  3. 8. A struggle or issue between opposing characters or opposing forces.
  4. 9. A story that is made up rather than true
  5. 11. A story written to be performed for an audience
  6. 13. A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science
  7. 15. The feelings and associations that a word suggests
  8. 18. A type of essay that is written to inform the reader
  9. 19. A brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral or gives a practical lesson about how to live one's life
  10. 20. A word or phrase that describes something that should not be taken literally
Down
  1. 1. The story of a person's life, written by that person.
  2. 2. The dictionary definition of a word
  3. 3. An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time
  4. 4. The very first paragraph in any type of essay
  5. 5. The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sequence.
  6. 10. A statement in an argumentative essay that provides the reader with the author's position or side
  7. 12. A type of essay created to persuade or convince the reader
  8. 14. The story of a real person's life, written by another person
  9. 16. The very last paragraph in any type of essay
  10. 17. A person or animal who takes part in the action of a story, play, or other literary work