Across
- 8. How a story, essay, or passage ends
- 9. Figuring out how two separate people or things are similar
- 10. A figure of speech where an object or abstract idea is given human qualities or traits by a writer or speaker
- 11. The main problem in a story
- 12. The part of speech that can replace proper nouns.
- 13. A figure of speech where two things are compared without using the words “like” or “as” or where one person or thing is used to represent something else
- 15. A category of stories or texts that are similar in style or content
- 16. A text that teaches about something or someone real, or tells a story that did really happen
- 20. A group of letters placed at the end of a word to modify its meaning or change it into a different word group (examples: -er, -ed, -ism, -tion)
- 23. A smart guess made based on evidence and proof
- 26. Information that proves a statement, such as data, examples, explanations, and anecdotes
- 28. When two or more words have the same ending sound or sounds
- 29. A figure of speech where a writer or speaker intentionally and obviously exaggerates that should not be taken literally
- 31. The things that happen in a story, including a beginning, a middle, and an ending
- 32. A word that means the same or almost the same as another word
- 33. A statement that supports an opinion by explaining why the opinion is held
- 34. How a story, essay, or passage begins
- 36. An artistic type of writing with fewer rules where words are organized into lines and stanzas.
- 39. When something does not mean exactly what it says, instead using a figure of speech to imply a different meaning
- 41. A story that did not really happen
- 43. The part of speech that shows actions or states of being.
- 45. A coherent series of reasons and evidence intended to support or establish a point/opinion
- 46. Life lesson the author wants the reader to learn or remember
- 47. The part of speech that describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Down
- 1. text structure where the author gives details about the traits of a person or thing
- 2. How the conflict of a story gets solved
- 3. To retell the main idea and/or plot in a short way using your own words
- 4. A person or personified thing in a story
- 5. A short narrative story that can be used as evidence
- 6. Factual information in number form, such as measurements, statistics, or percentages
- 7. Where and/or when a story happens
- 12. A group of letters placed at the beginning of a base word to change its meaning (examples: pre-, re-, non-, in-, ex-)
- 14. A section of text from a larger written work
- 16. The part of speech that refers to a person, place, or thing.
- 17. A figure of speech that is commonly used and understood by most people in a given culture.
- 18. The voice that tells a story
- 19. A type of standard writing where words are organized into sentences and paragraphs.
- 21. An account of an event or events written by someone who was actually there
- 22. A figure of speech where two things are compared using the words “like” or “as”
- 24. The pattern or beat of syllables in written word, often carefully chosen in poetry
- 25. An account of an event or events written by someone who was not actually there
- 27. Lines in a poem that are grouped together like a paragraph
- 30. When something means exactly what it says, without any exaggeration or figurative language
- 35. The parts of something written or spoken that are near a certain word or group of words and that help to explain its meaning.
- 37. A personal belief or judgment that other might disagree with, that cannot be proven
- 38. The part of speech that describes nouns or pronouns.
- 40. A word that means the opposite of another word
- 41. A statement you can actually prove
- 42. Figuring out how two separate people or things are different
- 44. When an opinion is acceptable and sensible, regardless of whether or not you agree