Across
- 3. The reason the writer has for writing a text
- 4. A vocabulary word meaning blended or laced together
- 6. Type of rhetorical device that creates emphasis by saying less than is literally true
- 7. Argument by Anna Quindlen
- 8. A vocabulary word meaning consisting of many ethnic and cultural groups
- 9. Statements that address opposing viewpoints
- 12. The author's unique use of language that allows the reader to "hear" a human personality
- 13. The central idea of a text
- 16. A vocabulary word meaning to form or develop in the mind
- 17. A vocabulary word meaning to perish or die
- 19. Poem by Alberto Rios
- 21. The people for whom the author is writing
- 22. An author's position on an issue
- 24. The time and place of the action of a story
- 25. Short Story by Nadine Gordimer
Down
- 1. The main message a story
- 2. Presents a claim, or position on an issue
- 5. The author's attitude toward his or her subject
- 6. Personal Essay by Ishmael Beah
- 10. Ideas used to develop the author's claim
- 11. Type of rhetorical device where the same word is repeated more than once
- 13. Directly compares two things says one "is" another
- 14. An additional storyline that runs parallel to the main plot
- 15. Uses "like" or "as" to compare
- 18. A vocabulary word meaning lacking worldly experience and understanding
- 20. Speech by Abraham Lincoln
- 21. A vocabulary word meaning bold or rebellious
- 22. A vocabulary word meaning things that have the same characteristics and function as another
- 23. A vocabulary word meaning purpose or plan