ELA Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. He is Efren's best friend
  2. 5. Authors use really descriptive words to clearly convey a mental picture to the reader
  3. 6. This kind of literary device compares two things by saying one item IS the other item
  4. 9. She is Efren's younger sister in The Red Pencil
  5. 10. What Jennifer's mom says that people from Mexico are, translated as "seeds"
  6. 13. What Efren calls his mom
  7. 14. This kind of literary device is where the author gives the reader clues about what might come next
Down
  1. 1. The dangerous milita group in Sudan in the Red Pencil
  2. 3. She is the main character in The Red Pencil
  3. 4. The camp / town Amira goes to as a refugee
  4. 5. This kind of English is used in every day conversations
  5. 7. This kind of literary device uses words that start with similar sounds.
  6. 8. This kind of sentence is missing either a subject or a verb
  7. 10. This kind of literary device compares two things using the term "like" or "as"
  8. 11. This kind of sentence has too many subjects or verbs
  9. 12. This kind of English is used in writing for work or school