Across
- 2. the part of an essay that restates the key points and wraps it up
- 4. the first sentence of each body paragraph in an essay
- 6. your big claim that answers all part of an essay prompt
- 7. fiction thinking job
- 9. a big message an author communicates in a fiction text
- 11. the part of a paragraph that explains your evidence in your own words
- 12. the number of direct quotes from the text to include in a short response
- 13. the author's feeling or opinion toward the topic
Down
- 1. a phrase you use to introduce a new idea or move smoothly from one idea to another
- 3. what you create on the planning page before writing your essay
- 5. short jots in the margins that help you track the key ideas of a text
- 8. you own answer you write next to a multiple choice question before you look at the answer choices
- 10. the 5th grade performance training mascot