Across
- 2. Vocabulary intended to provoke strong emotional responses
- 5. The logical layout of claims and support in a piece of writing
- 8. Balancing items in a list using the same grammatical pattern
- 9. A figure of speech comparing unlike things using "like" or "as"
- 10. A statement that prompts the audience to take specific steps
- 12. Evaluating multiple works to identify shared themes or differences
- 13. Identifying the correct word meaning based on the surrounding context
- 14. The cultural or emotional significance associated with a word
- 15. Decoding vocabulary by analyzing roots, prefixes, and suffixes
- 16. Using nearby words to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar term
- 18. A question posed for persuasive effect, not requiring an answer
- 21. A distinct section or group of lines within a poem
- 24. Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
Down
- 1. The objective, literal dictionary definition of a word
- 2. The primary focus or argument of an informational piece
- 3. Techniques used by authors to build or reveal a personality
- 4. A brief restatement of a text’s main points
- 6. Punctuation mark used to signal that a list or explanation follows
- 7. Hyphenated words placed before a noun to describe it as a single unit
- 9. A sentence made of a single independent clause
- 11. Punctuation used to connect two closely related independent clauses
- 17. The underlying lesson or main insight of a narrative
- 19. A deduction made by combining textual evidence with logic
- 20. Careful selection of words to establish a specific tone or mood
- 22. A sentence containing one independent and one dependent clause
- 23. Punctuation used to link clauses or separate items in a list