ELA Academic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 8. a comparison not using like or as
  2. 11. category of literature
  3. 12. atmosphere or feeling the reader perceives from a text
  4. 16. character, setting, conflicts, and any background information important to the story
  5. 18. proof the author gives to support a claim or argument
  6. 19. conclusion or solution to the conflict
  7. 23. statement that the author presents as true
  8. 24. repeating of words or phrases in a poem to show importance
  9. 25. a brief story about an interesting, funny, or strange event, told to entertain or make a point
  10. 27. text organization that describes how topics are alike and different
  11. 28. physical or personality features of a character
  12. 29. a reasonable guess based on prior knowledge and text evidence
  13. 33. events that lead to the resolution
  14. 34. brief retelling of the text including the central and most important details
  15. 35. a brief retelling including the main characters, setting, conflict, important events, and theme
  16. 36. feelings suggested by a word or phrase
  17. 37. perspective of who is a telling a story
  18. 39. attitude of the author
  19. 40. how a character thinks, acts, or feels
  20. 41. a series of episodes or events that make up a story
Down
  1. 1. the way information is organized in a text
  2. 2. facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions that expand on the central idea
  3. 3. author’s reason for writing a text
  4. 4. an author’s position on a topic that he/she tries to get the reader to agree with
  5. 5. personal feelings about a topic or story
  6. 6. text organization with a problem with a way to solve the problem
  7. 7. giving human qualities to something nonhuman
  8. 9. pattern of rhyming at the end of each line
  9. 10. events that lead to the climax
  10. 13. the reason for a character’s actions
  11. 14. the most suspenseful or turning point of the story
  12. 15. lesson or moral of a story
  13. 17. a comparison using like or as
  14. 20. text organization with event that happens and leads to another
  15. 21. the most important point the author is trying to make
  16. 22. group of words in a poem
  17. 23. text organization with events ordered from earliest to latest
  18. 26. not the literal or usual meaning of a word or phrase
  19. 30. group of lines in a poem
  20. 31. author’s feelings about a topic
  21. 32. speaker
  22. 38. text that comes before or after a word or phrases that reveals the meaning