ELA Finals 2

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Across
  1. 1. “Fantastic,” she muttered after spilling coffee on her shirt (type of irony)
  2. 5. A police station gets robbed. (type of irony)
  3. 9. A Greek story explains how the seasons began. It usually teaches a lesson.
  4. 11. The author tries to get you to buy a new phone.
  5. 14. The term “winter” might suggest loneliness or sadness in a poem.
  6. 16. The smell of cookies made my mouth water
  7. 17. “Winter” means the coldest season of the year.
  8. 19. A red rose stands for love;
  9. 21. Silly snakes slither silently.
  10. 25. She added more ____________ and rewrote the conclusion to make it stronger
  11. 27. He used “moreover,” “in contrast,” and “finally” to link ideas
  12. 29. She concluded he was nervous because he kept glancing at the clock and tapping his foot
  13. 30. The passage describes the life cycle of butterflies.
Down
  1. 2. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"
  2. 3. The writer argues that school uniforms reduce bullying and increase focus
  3. 4. He moved a paragraph to the beginning to improve the flow of his essay.
  4. 6. We know she’s hiding the letter, but he keeps looking for it. (type of irony)
  5. 7. The forest during winter in 1800.
  6. 8. Hard work pays off in the end.
  7. 10. The story gives a sense of calm and serenity.
  8. 12. She corrected the comma splices and capitalized all proper nouns.
  9. 13. Tiny and small can be used in the same way.
  10. 15. He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.
  11. 18. Buzz crack boom
  12. 20. The tree waved at us as we passed.
  13. 22. He wrote the author’s name and page number after quoting from the article.
  14. 23. The main point of an essay. It contains three reasons and goes at the end of an intro paragraph.
  15. 24. The audience knows the surprise, but the characters don’t. (type of irony)
  16. 26. The author’s words sound serious and disappointed.
  17. 28. “Generous” is the opposite of “stingy”