HLA Final Exam Crossword Puzzle Practice
Across
- 3. the message, moral, life lesson taught by a literary work
- 6. Summary a brief run down of the most important ideas in a text that is free of personal opinion
- 7. Information information that is clearly connected to a topic, not random or off-topic
- 9. Modifier an adjective that is not near the noun it is supposed to modify, creating confusion
- 10. a claim and its supporting evidence, presented to convince others to agree
- 13. giving an inanimate/inhuman object the traits or feelings of a person (ex: The car's heart slowed to a stop and it shut down.)
- 15. Details details that help support the main idea by providing more information
- 16. Source a trustworthy source of information, can be beleived and verified in other sources
- 20. a comparison using like or as (ex: The baby's cheek was like a soft pillow)
- 21. a conclusion reached by combining what you know with what the text says
- 22. Structures the way an informational text is organized (chronological, sequence, problem & solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast)
- 23. extreme exaggeration (ex: It is a million degrees in here!)
Down
- 1. the way an author reveals character, direct "tells" while indirect "shows"
- 2. a reference to another well known work or idea that adds a layer of meaning (ex: They are our school's Romeo and Juliet.)
- 4. Idea the main idea in an informational text, what the text is mainly about
- 5. Features things such as headings, bolded words, images/captions, bulleted lists, and graphics that help a reader notice and understand important information
- 8. Purpose the reason an author writes a text, to inform, persuade, or entertain
- 11. Irony when the audience/readers of a play know something the characters on stage do not
- 12. facts, details, statistices, or quotes that support an inference or argument
- 14. the way an author feels about the subject they are writing about
- 16. Adjectives two or more adjectives side-by-side, separated by a comma, that modify the noun (ex: The small, quiet puppy)
- 17. the words character's say to one another, usually set off by quotation marks ("......")
- 18. a direct comparison that does not use like or as, but just says something is/was something else (ex: The baby's cheek was a soft pillow)
- 19. a preference or opinion that is personal and that keeps someone from being fair and objective