Across
- 1. “Fantastic,” she muttered after spilling coffee on her shirt (type of irony)
- 5. A police station gets robbed. (type of irony)
- 9. A Greek story explains how the seasons began. It usually teaches a lesson.
- 11. The author tries to get you to buy a new phone.
- 14. The term “winter” might suggest loneliness or sadness in a poem.
- 16. The smell of cookies made my mouth water
- 17. “Winter” means the coldest season of the year.
- 19. A red rose stands for love;
- 21. Silly snakes slither silently.
- 25. She added more ____________ and rewrote the conclusion to make it stronger
- 27. He used “moreover,” “in contrast,” and “finally” to link ideas
- 29. She concluded he was nervous because he kept glancing at the clock and tapping his foot
- 30. The passage describes the life cycle of butterflies.
Down
- 2. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"
- 3. The writer argues that school uniforms reduce bullying and increase focus
- 4. He moved a paragraph to the beginning to improve the flow of his essay.
- 6. We know she’s hiding the letter, but he keeps looking for it. (type of irony)
- 7. The forest during winter in 1800.
- 8. Hard work pays off in the end.
- 10. The story gives a sense of calm and serenity.
- 12. She corrected the comma splices and capitalized all proper nouns.
- 13. Tiny and small can be used in the same way.
- 15. He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.
- 18. Buzz crack boom
- 20. The tree waved at us as we passed.
- 22. He wrote the author’s name and page number after quoting from the article.
- 23. The main point of an essay. It contains three reasons and goes at the end of an intro paragraph.
- 24. The audience knows the surprise, but the characters don’t. (type of irony)
- 26. The author’s words sound serious and disappointed.
- 28. “Generous” is the opposite of “stingy”