ELA Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Backed up, proven
  2. 8. Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
  3. 9. person point of view The narrator is a character in the story. ( I, me, my, we, our )
  4. 10. person point of view you
  5. 14. and solution A text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions to solve the problem.
  6. 17. purpose The reason the author has for writing. (persuade, inform, or entertain)
  7. 18. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
  8. 19. important; having to do with the topic
  9. 21. person limited the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
  10. 22. facts that support a claim
  11. 24. The time and place of a story
  12. 26. to talk someone into doing or believing something
  13. 27. to give information
  14. 28. language Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
  15. 30. extreme exaggeration
  16. 32. person omniscient A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
  17. 33. and contrast A text structure that tells how two or more things, people, places, or ideas are alike and different.
  18. 34. A comparison using "like" or "as"
Down
  1. 1. A comparison without using like or as
  2. 2. the main message of the story
  3. 3. and effect a text structure that shows how or why one thing leads to another
  4. 4. providing useful or interesting information
  5. 6. a text structure that describes and explains
  6. 7. idea what the text is mostly about
  7. 11. the way the author sees things
  8. 12. Sequence of events in a story
  9. 13. the author didn't give enough evidence.
  10. 14. of view the way the authors tells a story
  11. 15. and Sequence The text structure which provides details of events in the order in which they happen.
  12. 16. Paragraph the last paragraph of an essay; sums up main ideas and thesis
  13. 17. to look at closely
  14. 20. structure the author's method of organizing text
  15. 23. a person or animal in a story
  16. 24. brief statement of the main events of a story
  17. 25. statement a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.
  18. 27. a conclusion, opinion, or guess based on evidence
  19. 29. to interest and amuse
  20. 31. Exactly true; word for word