Across
- 4. small packages of this are handed out as Halloween treats
- 5. subject of a text
- 7. furry rodents
- 9. an alter celebrating lost loved ones
- 12. a way to learn information about a topic
- 13. why we do something
- 15. what the author believes an issue
- 16. the color of most pumpkins
- 18. what the author thinks about a topic based on research
- 20. stringy homes made by spiders
- 22. Yes or no? A claim can be a statement that is true or false.
- 27. dark color typically used at Halloween
- 28. an outfit that changes one’s appearance
- 29. who is reading the text
- 30. Mexican holiday that translates to “Day of the Dead”
- 31. Sometimes author’s write to ___ your mind
- 33. sometimes author’s write to ___ you to take action
Down
- 1. another word for prank often played at Halloween
- 2. statements that support the author’s claim
- 3. statement that can be proven true
- 6. argumentative writing is also known as writing a ____ essay
- 8. writer of a text
- 10. to debate an issue
- 11. experience this is a type of evidence that has happened to the author himself
- 14. type of text that proves the author’s claim
- 17. month Halloween is celebrated
- 19. traditional item used to make Jack-o-Lanterns
- 21. numbers or data from a reliable source
- 23. black, eight-legged bugs associated with Halloween
- 24. a collection of bones in the shape of a human
- 25. flying mammals that hang upside down in caves
- 26. term that can be used in place of the word “evidence”.
- 32. white floating form that usually scares people