FCAT Academic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Play on the multiple meanings of a word
  2. 6. The main character in fiction or drama, often, but not always, the hero in a literary work.
  3. 8. The portion of a play or story where the central problem is solved.
  4. 11. to help or encourage to exist or flourish
  5. 13. Records of events that were created some time after the events occurred
  6. 15. A distinguishing feature, as of a character in a story.
  7. 19. Having doubt
  8. 20. to communicate; impart; make known: to convey a wish.
  9. 21. An expression of a writer's attitude toward a subject.
  10. 22. Headings, subheadings, subtitles, italics, bulleted or numbered lists, captions
  11. 25. whether or not information in a text is correct or sound
Down
  1. 1. The time and place of the action in a story
  2. 2. A comparison of two things that have some quality in common
  3. 3. to act against or provide resistance to
  4. 4. A word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word
  5. 6. Letters, diaries, autobiographies, speeches, and photographs
  6. 7. A form of verbal irony, usually harsh, that is often used as an insult.
  7. 9. A neutral tone word that means to give both sides equal say and not take sides.
  8. 10. The Big Idea An underlying message about life or human nature in a text.
  9. 12. The temporal and spatial arrangement of elements in text.
  10. 14. The events in a story that move the plot forward. involves conflicts and complications and builds toward the climax of the story.
  11. 16. to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument
  12. 17. Capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement
  13. 18. to offer or suggest
  14. 23. whether or not information in a text is dependable
  15. 24. To represent something else (e.g., an object, a setting, an event, an animal, or a person)