FCAT Academic Vocabulary (3)
Across
- 1. Attached to the front of a root word to produce a derivative word or inflected form.
- 2. The vantage point from which a writer tells a story.
- 5. A figure of speech in which a statement is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.
- 6. Not directly stated but formed from what is suggested
- 8. A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
- 9. A lesson taught in a literary work, such as a fable.
- 12. building blocks that serve every writing purpose how the text is organized.
- 15. involves gathering clues to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next in a story.
- 16. A comparison of two things that have some quality in common.
- 18. Writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
- 19. idea The most important idea expressed in a piece of writing.
- 20. Educated guess
- 21. To translate, analyze, or give examples drawn from a text.
- 23. The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings (e.g., meow, buzz, splash).
Down
- 1. The action or sequence of events in a story (story map)
- 3. Appeals to the senses. Consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory .
- 4. Letters, diaries, autobiographies, speeches, and photographs
- 7. Helps readers to clarify meaning by restating information in their own words.
- 10. Websites, how-to articles, brochures, fliers) encountered in real-world situations.
- 11. A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character.
- 13. Provides factual information and that often explains ideas or teaches processes.
- 14. A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing or quality is written about as if it were human.
- 17. The main character in fiction or drama, often, but not always, the hero in a literary work.
- 22. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.