Grammar and Figurative Language Terms

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Across
  1. 2. exceptions to the usual tense pattern
  2. 4. word two words used together to create new word
  3. 5. a sentence with more than one subject or predicate
  4. 12. modifies a verb for manner (peacefully) - most common,
  5. 13. more than one noun
  6. 17. the use of symbols to represent ideas
  7. 18. of a sentence
  8. 22. it provides information that further identifies or defines a noun
  9. 24. not literal expression that is not predictable from the arrangement of the words Onomatopoeia sounds like…the word sounds like what it is associated with
  10. 26. gives a command
  11. 27. extreme exaggeration
  12. 29. two or more independent clauses are connected improperly
  13. 31. often a name
  14. 36. a noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual
  15. 37. makes a statement
  16. 39. describes an action (not passive)
  17. 41. word meaning the opposite of another word
  18. 43. modify a noun
  19. 44. the basic form of a verb
  20. 47. sentence: asks a question
  21. 48. uses an exclamation mark
Down
  1. 1. not a full sentence
  2. 3. modifies a verb for place (here)
  3. 6. same or similar meaning
  4. 7. writing that appeals to the five senses
  5. 8. Beginnings of words sound the same - often use the same letter
  6. 9. shows if a noun is specific or general (a, an, the)
  7. 10. connects two phrases
  8. 11. shows belonging
  9. 14. represents intangible ideas—things you can't perceive with the five main senses. Such as time, beauty
  10. 15. used with the main verb and helps explain the verb’s tone, mood, or voice (am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be. To Have: has, have, had, having, will have)
  11. 16. a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship
  12. 19. shows excitement
  13. 20. person, place, or thing
  14. 21. giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
  15. 23. shows direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or introduces an object among nouns
  16. 25. comparison of two unlike things
  17. 28. the noun the pronoun will stand in for
  18. 30. a shortened version of a word or phrase
  19. 31. small groups of words standing together a conceptual unit (not a full sentence)
  20. 32. starts with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition
  21. 33. modifies a verb for time (now)
  22. 34. stand in for a noun
  23. 35. used for combining words
  24. 38. main noun of the sentence
  25. 40. comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
  26. 42. a verbal form used as an adjective; think of “ing” or “ed” verb
  27. 45. sounds the same as another word with a different meaning
  28. 46. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word