Language Features

1. A word for doing or being.
6. Something we get from the text in order to provide evidence.
9. A reference (often subtle) to something else. Often another work, person, or event.
11. The setting of Singing Home the Whale
13. A collection of letters which has a specific meaning.
15. One of our magic words.
16. The first part of PEEL.
17. The type of sentence you need at the start of your essay.
18. The proper name for a villain.
19. The protagonist in Singing Home the Whale.
21. Words we use to replace nouns. Often used with direct address.

1. The words known by and used by an author.
2. When something (usually important) is repeated.
3. The most important part of PEEL.
4. The deeper meanings of a word, and the images/feelings it evokes.
5. A naming word. A word for a place, person, or thing.
7. When two things are compared, using the words "like" or "as".
8. A clause or collection of clauses which complete a single thought.
9. A word which describes how something was done. The manner or way it was completed.
10. Where punctuation goes around quotation marks.
12. Two things placed together that have contrasting or opposite meanings.
14. A word which describes the characteristics of something. What does it look like?
17. One of our magic words.
20. The title of a movie about Josh Waaka.