Across
- 3. Is it possible to have one, single definition of what it means to be American when America has so much ____?
- 6. Americans find ways to connect by ______ around important democratic ideas.
- 9. It is strange how America is a ______ country, whose stories are mostly about intolerance instead of tolerance.
- 10. America is like a crazy quilt because it is made of ______ pieces that don't seem to fit together.
- 11. America is ______ even in its connection with being in conflict.
Down
- 1. America is a country built of ever-changing ______ parts.
- 2. This part of a story is put in quotation marks because a character is speaking.
- 4. Reading the background paragraph to this essay is an example of ________.
- 5. A stronger _____ usually contains vivid adjectives and details.
- 7. The main ____ in this essay is trying to define the American identity.
- 8. The ____ of events help identify cause and effect relationships.