General ELA PSSA Review

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Across
  1. 3. the last paragraph in an essay
  2. 5. the first paragraph in an essay
  3. 7. a group of words that is working together but does not have a subject and/or predicate
  4. 8. a group of words that has a subject and a predicate
  5. 10. word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
  6. 13. word that describes a noun or pronoun
  7. 16. the sentence at the end of your first paragraph in an essay that states your three main topics
  8. 17. the verb or verb phrase in a sentence or clause
  9. 18. type of sentence that has at least two independent clauses
  10. 19. two or more words joined together with an apostrophe (examples: can't, wouldn't)
Down
  1. 1. an incomplete sentence
  2. 2. verb that expresses a state of being (examples: is, was)
  3. 4. type of sentence that has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
  4. 6. the main noun/pronoun that usually comes before the verb in a sentence or clause
  5. 9. word that shows the position, direction, or relationship in a sentence (examples: to, from, in, around)
  6. 11. the minimum number of paragraphs in any essay
  7. 12. to look at something very closely and figure out how its details work together
  8. 14. the number of body paragraphs in an essay
  9. 15. verb that assists another verb to change its tense or mode