ELA Milestone Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Idea, most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage. Also known as main idea. Objective Summary, an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not include every detail and does not include opinions.
  2. 6. Texts, passages that are stories, dramas, or dramas
  3. 8. Idea, a message fully stated or revealed by the author.
  4. 9. a lesson or message.
  5. 11. comparison of two things using like or as. For example: She is as pretty as a picture.
  6. 12. a problem
  7. 13. refers to where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location. Plot, the specific order of a series of events that form a story
Down
  1. 1. to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.
  2. 2. the way an author develops a character over the course of a text.
  3. 4. the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
  4. 5. When a writer describes an object as if it were a person. For example: The trees sighed in the afternoon breeze.
  5. 7. direct comparison that states one thing is another. For example: Recess was a zoo today. Hyperbole, an exaggeration beyond belief. For example: My father can lift two tons.
  6. 10. the exact words the characters are saying