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