Across
- 6. the main idea of a text
- 7. to briefly explain the entire thing
- 8. to put something into your own words
- 9. the moral or message of a story
- 11. Words from the text used to support your writing
- 12. something unexpected
- 13. a hint that something will happen later on
- 14. to explain your evidence
- 15. Writing that takes a position and proves a point
Down
- 1. why an author writes a text
- 2. 1st sentence of a paragraph that tells the reader what the paragraph is about
- 3. Writing that explains
- 4. a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
- 5. Writing that tells a fictional story
- 10. a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as"
- 11. Last sentence of a paragraph that sums up what you've said