Across
- 2. a graphic organizer to compare information
- 5. over-exaggeration for effect
- 6. author of "Bells, Bells, Bells"
- 8. figurative language includes similes, alliteration and ____
- 10. "Born Worker" makes an ______ when it brings up "Tom Sawyer"
- 12. One way to start a new paragraph is to repeat an idea
- 13. the main idea of your essay
- 14. replace parenthesis at end of sentence for emphasis
- 17. the feeling we bring to a word
- 18. root word means new
- 19. the last name of the new librarian
- 20. __ Thatcher, fiancee to Tom
- 21. an acronym for a way to write paragraph responses to questions
Down
- 1. comparing life to stairs in "Mother to Son" is an extended ______
- 3. underlying message a writer explores in a literary work
- 4. one item the Angelo's throw out
- 6. Ms. Porter's favorite drink
- 7. In "Abuela Invents the Zero" Constancia goes to ___ with her g-ma
- 9. type of character that does not change significantly over the course of the text
- 11. to be sad and thoughtful
- 15. author's attitude towards a topic shown through word choice
- 16. author of "There Will Come Soft Rains"