ELA Vocab Crossword
Across
- 5. an interruption in the present action of a story to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time
- 6. text with the purpose of telling about details, facts, and information that is true.
- 8. using examples to show how things are different
- 10. the attitude the writer takes toward an audience
- 12. the way the writer reveals the personality of a character through the characters actions, feelings, and physical attributes
- 15. an important idea or conclusion drawn from reasoning rather than directly stated in the text
Down
- 1. a literary technique in which the author gives hints about an event before it happens
- 2. using examples to show how 2 things are alike
- 3. the result of a cause
- 4. the reason for an action, feeling, or response
- 7. the reason an author writes
- 9. using words in a different way (not literally) so the reader can picture it in their minds (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idiom)
- 11. a selection that is made up
- 13. a conclusion made using information from a story
- 14. categories of literary and informational works