Across
- 2. The opinion of the author
- 6. Specific, vivid words and phrases describe or explain and make meaning clear
- 8. language describes concrete words and phrases in a way that allows the reader to experience the way things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel through imagination
- 9. passages that are stories, dramas, or poems
- 10. refers to the actual meaning of a word or phrase
- 13. forms of writing in which the writer makes a claim and supports that claim with reasons and evidence
- 16. to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
- 18. refers to a book, article, website, person, or piece of media that contains information
- 22. style used in writing, such as an essay, research paper, or letter
- 23. a statement that cannot be proven, as it states an author’s belief or judgment
- 25. an event or series of events that happen to or are seen by a character
- 26. the gathering of information in order to learn more about a topic
- 27. The perspective a writer chooses to tell a story from
- 29. For a claim to be effective, it must be supported with ______ evidence and reasoning
- 30. the main argument made by the author. A strong ____ will be supported by reasons and evidence
- 32. refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a passage
- 34. lesson or message of a literary text
- 36. the speed at which a story is told
- 38. A reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim
- 40. used to show the reader the exact words the characters are saying
- 41. the main statement of an argumentative text, which usually appears in the introduction
- 43. refers to reasoning that makes sense and follows some sort of logic
- 44. an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions
- 45. refers to where and when a story takes place, including the time, season, or location
- 47. a statement that can be proven
- 48. a real or imaginary story that may be about a situation, a single moment in time, or a series of related events and experiences
- 49. the attitude of an author about a subject or an audience
- 53. the person the writer chooses to tell a story
- 55. refers to the way in which a piece of writing is structured
- 57. the symbolic meaning of words or phrases
- 58. the author’s intention for his or her writing
- 59. To be considered relevant, the facts, details, or other information within a text must be related to the topic
- 61. the beginning of a piece of writing
- 63. the order in which a series of events happened
- 64. and contrast: analyzes the relationships between ideas in a passage
Down
- 1. refers to the flow of sentences and paragraphs from one to another
- 3. refers to presenting the words, works, or ideas of someone else as though they are one’s own and without providing attribution to the author
- 4. the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
- 5. Good writers use _____ to help the reader imagine the characters, settings, and events
- 7. refers to a variety of media
- 11. a single thing that happens to a character or that a character sees
- 12. to use someone else’s ideas and to express those ideas in your own words
- 14. the order of events in a narrative
- 15. the end of a piece of writing
- 17. a message fully stated or revealed by the author
- 19. the way in which a piece of writing is organized, designed, and arranged
- 20. and solution: Text that identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions
- 21. passages that explain or inform
- 24. refers to how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events
- 28. refers to the way in which a passage is structured
- 30. persons, things, or beings in stories
- 31. the most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage
- 33. the tools writers use to create interesting experiences, events, and characters in a story
- 34. the meaning of a word as it relates to a specific subject or process
- 35. a word, phrase, or clause that links one idea to the next
- 37. The people who will be reading the piece of writing
- 39. Something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else
- 42. prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, proofreading, and publishing
- 46. When an author holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic
- 50. the explicit meaning of a word
- 51. refer to the ways in which ideas are connected
- 52. of importance: organizes text by listing supporting details from most important to least important
- 54. A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word. For example, the word childlike connotes innocence.
- 56. the way the author tells readers that certain details or information included in the text come from another source
- 60. and effect: This is a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen
- 62. The specific order of a series of events that form a story