Concepts Review (8th Grade)

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Across
  1. 4. a logical guess based on facts and one's own knowledge/experience.
  2. 6. reasons for a character's actions.
  3. 9. a true story of a person's life that focuses on personal experiences and observations about people or events.
  4. 11. Miss Veres's dog's name.
  5. 12. Miss Veres's best teacher friend.
  6. 13. a message about life or human nature that a writer shares with the reader.
Down
  1. 1. a figurative comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, or as if.
  2. 2. Miss Veres's phrase: Look ___________ to dive deeper.
  3. 3. a person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond itself.
  4. 4. descriptions that appeal to the senses of sight, sound, smell, feeling, or taste to create an effect or evoke emotion.
  5. 5. Miss Veres's fav color.
  6. 7. What you should be doing as you're completing this crossword.....
  7. 8. see you _____________!
  8. 10. a figurative comparison between two unlike things using the words is and the.